Saugus Leos

The Saugus Leos were formed in March 2008.  Like our Saugus Lions counterpart, we are committed to serving others.    We are a community based club open to any high school student that wishes to make a difference.

Our charitable focus is divided between eye research and community enrichment.  In addition to supporting Lionism, the 2008-2009 Leos have voted to chammpion P.A.W.S., an the Jimmy Fund.   The Saugus Leos, in its first year, has raised and donated over $1,500 to Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Foundation and other charities.

Meetings are held the 4th Wednesday of the month at Prince Restautant in Saugus.  Meetings commence promptly at 8 PM.  Pizza and soda will be served to all in attendence. 

The 2008-2009 Saugus Leos Board of Directors Officers are:
Jessica Jankowski, President
Joe McCormick, Vice President
Tommy MacWilliam, Secretary 
Zack Duca, Treasurer


Left to right from bottom: Zack Duca, Joe McCormick, Sahib Sangha, Laura Sierra, Alex Singer, Ruby Sangha, Ashley Sanders, Randy Pinch (District Governor for District 33N),  Jessica Jankowski (Saugus Leos Club President), Dave O'Brien (Vice District Governor) 


Leos International



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 character traits, and to receive recognition for their contributions to the community.

Today, the Leo Club Program is stronger than ever. Community service remains the cornerstone of the program. Like their Lion counterparts, Leo club members enjoy serving their neighbors and watching positive results unfold.


Lions Intertnational

In 1925, Helen Keller challenged Lions to become "knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness" during the association's international convention. Today, Lions are recognized worldwide for their service to the blind and visually impaired. Lions demonstrate their commitment to sight conservation through eyeglass recycling, sight partnerships and countless other sight services.

The Lions ambitious SightFirst Program has restored sight through cataract surgeries, prevented serious vision loss and improved eye care services for hundreds of millions of adults and children. To continue and expand this effort, Lions have launched Campaign SightFirst II, with a goal of raising at least US$150 million.

Lions are an international network of 1.3 million men and women in 202 countries and geographic areas who work together to answer the needs that challenge communities around the world.

Known for working to end preventable blindness, Lions participate in a vast variety of projects important to their communities. These projects range from cleaning up local parks to providing supplies to victims of natural disasters.

Campaign for Sight

It’s a stark fact. By the time you finish reading this page, one child somewhere in the world will have gone blind. One goes blind every minute. Half-a-million will have lost their sight by the end of the year.                                                        
                                                                                                                   
Childhood blindness is only one part of the global vision crisis. If nothing is done, experts say that the world’s blind population could double from 37 million to 74 million by 2020.

But Lions will not allow “nothing to be done.” True to their commitment to be “knights of the blind,” Lions have launched Campaign SightFirst II to prevent this tragedy. CSFII has set out to raise at least US$150 million to continue and expand
the extraordinary work of SightFirst, Lions' worldwide program to combat preventable blindness. 

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