LEO Clubs is a youth organization of Lions Clubs International, which in its own existence seeks to serve people in need with special emphasis and focus on children, and while different clubs around the world dedicate their efforts to diverse underprivileged segments and developmental aspects, each and every club shares the same vision and passion to service. Though LEO Club Members, who are calle
d LEOs, come from a substantially sundry background, they adamantly share universal bylaws and follow similar meeting, fundraising, and project leading patterns. Politics and Religion, while extensively accepted and respected, are exempted from LEO Clubs worldwide, as members are drawn together without perception to one's origin, religion or personal beliefs. LEO :
L - Leadership
E - Experience
O - Opportunity
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 character traits, and to receive recognition for their contributions to the community. The objective of the Leo Club Program is:
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 Motto : "WE SERVE"
LEO PLEDGE :
I pledge of my hand
extended and open
to help those in need. I pledge my heart reach for it
and it will be touched. My eyes to see
the plight of other. My knowledge to bring a man
closer to his dreams. I pledge of myself
For the betterment of
my communities, my states and
my country.
