Leo District 412: Region 5 regional meeting

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Region 5 regional meeting

LEO CLUBS INTERNATIONAL-REGION 5 (BOTSWANA)

P. O. Box 46737

Gaborone

4^th September 2008

The School Head

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Dear Sir/ Madam

RE: INVITATION TO ATTEND THE LEO D412 REGION MEETING

Reference is made to the above matter.

Your institution is kindly requested to attend the upcoming Leo D412 Region Meeting, planned for Saturday 27^th till Sunday 28^th September 2008.

Leo Clubs from Botswana will gather to review progress on, among other issues, their clubs’ and regions administration, projects and challenges they face. You are requested to source your club’s own accommodation and feeding arrangements if possible.

Draft program of the meeting stands as:

Friday 26^th : Arrivals and registration

Saturday: 0800 Breakfast

0900 Meeting (Regions, clubs and officers reports)

1230 Lunch

1400 Meeting progresses,

1600 Social (networking of club members)

Sunday: Departure

Thanking you for your cooperation,

Yours Faithfully,

Kago S. Mathengwane

Leo Region 5(Botswana) Chair

Cell: 72 492 193

Email: kmathengwane@bse.co.bw

mathengwaneks@yahoo.com

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Who are Leos

In 1957, Coach Jim Graver started the Leo ball rolling. Chances are, that ball was a baseball. 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. 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. On December 5, 1957, the Glenside Lions presented a charter to the Abington High School Leo Club whose members were mostly made up of the high school's baseball team.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.
Leo Club's Objective and Motto
In October 1967, the board of directors of Lions Clubs International adopted the Leo Club Program as an official program of the association. Open to males and females, the objective of the Leo Club Program was (and still is):"...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."
The Leo club motto is:
Leadership - Leos develop skills as organizers, time managers and motivators of their peers.
Experience - Leos learn the importance of cooperation through community service.
Opportunity - Membership provides young people with a chance to excel, to develop positive charatcer traits, and to receive recognition for their contributions to the community.

District 412 covers 4 countries namely Botswana,Malawi,Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The Leo programme started in the District with the chartering of the Gwelo Omega Leo Club sponsered by the Lions club of Gweru.
Since then the Lions have continued to sponser new Leo Clubs and to date they are over 50 clubs in the district