When:
January 11th 2004--*--
February 6th 2004--*--
March 7th 2004--*--
April 4th 2004--*--
May 8th 20
Where:Lions Activity center colombo 07
| Name | Office Tel | Home Tel |
| President |
| 0777130948 | 941588254 |
| 1st Vice President |
| 0777631962 | 012786527 |
| Secretary |
| 0777880436 | 941885469 |
| Treasurer | Leo Madawa Wickramasinghe | 0722736313 | 9412737037 |
| Membership Chairman |
| 077733122 | 941300810 |
*********************------------------Building Leaders with a Heart !!!------------------*********************
Coach Graver Started the Ball Rolling
Forty-five years ago, Coach Jim Graver started the Leo ball rolling. Chances are, that ball was a baseball.
Back in 1957, Graver was the coach of the Abington High School, Pennsylvania, USA, baseball team. Graver was also an active member of the Glenside, Pennsylvania, Lions Club.
With fellow Lion, William Ernst, Graver talked about starting a service club for high school boys. "The Kiwanians had their Key Clubs and the Rotarians had their Wheel Club (since changed to Interact Clubs)," Ernst is quoted as saying in an October 7, 1976 newspaper article in "The Evening Bulletin."
So they asked their fellow Lions for support. Without hesitation, the Glenside Lions agreed that a Lions youth group was a good idea. Graver and Ernst set to work.
"We needed a nucleus, a group of kids to start with," stated Ernst. "So we got Jim's son to come to the first meeting with his whole baseball team." Nine sophomore, junior and senior boys joined the group of 26 baseball players.
Together, the 35 teens formed a club. On December 5, 1957, the Glenside Lions presented a charter to the Abington High School Leo Club.
As the world's first Leo club, the group created the Leo acronym - Leadership, Equality, Opportunity (Equality was later changed to Experience.) And, the group chose maroon and gold - their school colors - to serve as the Leo club colors. ___|||___Council Installation 17th of August___|||___
Publishing Council Directory 17th of August___|||___
Officers Workshop 14th September___|||___
Leo outing 5th of October___|||___
Fundraiser 15th of November___|||___
Outing with the Orphans 22 of November___|||___
HIV awareness program 1st Of December___|||___
International Leo Day Celebration 5th of December___|||___
Building Leaders Part-2 5th of December___|||___
District President visits of Leo club in Far East___|||___
Leo All Island Cricket tournament 11th of January___|||___
International Leo camp 16th, 17th 18th Of January___|||___
All Island Interschool Debating Tournament 6th of February___|||___
Building Leaders Part-3 6th of December___|||___
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