History
Coach Jum Graver started the Leo ball rolling in 1957 and chances are that ball was a baseball. Graver was the baseball coach of the Abington High School in Pennsylvania, USA and an active member of the Glenside Lions Club. With help from his fellow Lion, Willian Ernst, the first Leo Club was chartered on December 5, 1957.
As the world's first Leo Club, the Abington High School Leo Club created the Leo acronym - Leadership, Equality, Opportunity - and they chose their school colors, maroon and gold to serve as the Leo club colors. Later, Equality was changed to Experience.
In October 1967, the board of directors of Lions Clubs International adopted the Leo Club Program as an official program of the association.
The Leo Club Program has been growing strong for 50 years. Community service remains the cornerstone of the program. Like their Lion counterparts, Leo Club members enjoy serving their neighbors and watching positive results unfold.
Membership
Thre are more than 144,000 young people in 139 countries proud to serve their communities and call themselves Leos. These young community Leaders are friendly, active and dedicated to creating new and exciting opportunities by participating in their Leo Clubs.
Leo Club are an affiliation of Lions Clubs. Leo Clubs cannot exist without the approval of a Lions club sponsor. Leos work with their sponsoring Lions Club to help communities address unmet needs.
Club Type
There are two types of Leo Clubs, community based (Omega Leo) and school based (Alpha Leo), and all Leo Clubs must be sponsored by a Lions Club.
Alpha Leo (school based) - for youth between 12-18 years of age.
Omega Leo (community based) - for youth between 18-30 years of age.
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Speech by Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Education, Y.A.B. Tan Sri Muhyiddin during the inauguration of District Governor, Datuk Danny Ooi on 18th July 2009 in Berjaya Times Square Hotel, K. L.
