First Leo Club

In 1957, William Ernst y Jim Garvert, began a conversation about youth.

They were both Lions from Glenside Club,, Pennsylvania (E.E.U.U.) and they have the same corncern: how to educate the younger from their community and teach them to be leaders and serve their place.

Their idea was, the foundation of a club of and for young people.

One day they presented the idea to the jungle of their Club, which was inmediately approved

Jim and Bill talked to Abrington Secondary School Headmaster about their plan.

Since then the process became easier, the fist Leos in the world were recruited, beginning with Jim’s son qho came to the first meeting with the whole of his Beisball Team.

The name "leo" was cosen because it matched with that of Lions.

In 1964 there was 24 Leo Clubs in Pennsylvania

The operation was oficially approved by the Lions International Asociation Clubs Board of Directors

Soon this movement spreaded all over the world, open to all youngers from both sexs, being the first countries to accept this challenge in favor or youth: United States of America, Argentina, India, Finland, Canada and Japan.

Lion Jim Garver died,but lion Ernst went on the work they both had started, this time being the adviser of Alington Leo Club.

The first Leo emblem was a circle with a Lion frontal head with the words "Leo Club" and the other three words "Lidership, Experience and Oportunity"

Before becoming oficial the Leos Clubs, the lions had sponsored young groups, which many of them turned into Leos Clubs.

NOW YOU KNOW HOW THIS

BIG FAMILY CAME : "THE LEO CLUB"