LEO Club

Our Leo Club
In late 2015 Tri-Lakes Lions Club leadership initiated efforts to establish a Leo Club. For over a year we worked to develop relationships in Lewis Palmer District 38 that would generate interest for a Leo Club. In November 2016, efforts were made to market the concept and we began prospecting for potential Leo Club members. On March 3rd, 2017, with 13 eager members signed up, we submitted paperwork to Lions Club International to establish the Tri-Lakes Lions Club Leo Club.

Leo Club Objective
To provide the youth of the world with an opportunity for development and contribution, individually and collectively, as responsible members of the local, national and international community.

Leo Club Motto

Leadership – Develop skills as a project organizer, time manager and team leader.

Experience – Learn how teamwork, cooperation and collaboration can bring exciting changes to your community and the world.

Opportunity – Make friends and feel the rewards of community service.

Tri-Lakes Lions LEO Club Flyer
Tri-Lakes Lions LEO Club Members

Leo Club History
Coach Jim 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, William Ernst, the first Leo club was charted 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 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 continued to grow within the last 50 years. Leos now constitute an international network of over 6,500 clubs in over 140 countries. Community service remains the cornerstone of the program, fostering a lifetime commitment to helping others. Like their Lion counterparts, Leo club members enjoy serving their neighbors and watching positive results unfold.

Tri-Lakes Lions LEO Club Logo
Tri-Lakes Lions LEO Club Advisors