Lone Star Classic Goal Ball Tournament
LEOs volunteered at the Goal Ball tournament on Friday March 4th.
Ten LEOs met at the Colleyville Community Center at 4:15pm to caravan to the tournament. After sitting in some traffic they arrived and registered to be volunteer line judges for the Lone Star Classic Goalball Tournament
at Irving High School.
The tournament was amazing as teams of three blind or visually impaired students competed against each other. They hurl a large blue, bell filled ball down the court where the other teams tries to defend their goal line and block the ball from crossing. It is fast paced requires an immense amount of concentration and quick reflexes. All players wear blacked out goggles so everyone is completely in the dark.
Our LEOs did a great job assisting the officials and after the tournament they were allowed to gear up, get blindfolded, and take their turn on the court. If you were not there ask a LEO who was. Every LEO should take advantage of this opportunity to serve and share in the fun.
Read MoreTexas Lions Camp Spring Cleaning
Lion Jim Cook, a Director for the Texas Lions Camp in Kerrville, Texas, was the LEO guest speaker. He challenged the club to organize a group to help the Lions on April 1st and 2nd. The response was almost unanimous among those present at the meeting.
This is an overnight road trip and Leo parents are welcome to join in the effort. There is a lot of work needed to prepare the camp for this summers activities. Contact David Phelps at 972-467-7319 for more information about the work weekend.
Texas Lions Camp is a residential camping facility for children with physical disabilities, type 1 diabetes and cancer. The Camp is located on over 500 acres in the beautiful Texas Hill Country, and is designed to introduce the “Can Do” philosophy to children dealing with special medical conditions.
Children with special needs from all over the State of Texas are invited to attend one of 9 weeks, which we hope will become one of their life-long childhood memories. A week designed for fun, exploration and challenge.
For more information about the Texas Lions camp visit www.lionscamp.com
Read MoreScholarship Award won by a Colleyville LEO
LEO Tommy W. entered in the Lions sponsored diabetes essay contest held on January 8th 2011 at the Mid-Winters Lions Conference for district 2E2.
Tommy received 2nd place, and with it, $750 in scholarship money.
Congratulations LEO Tommy!
Read MoreEyeglass Recycling Center in Fort Worth Closes
President Kelsey Kusman announced that there will be no more recycling eyeglass sessions. The warehouse the Lions formally used has been closed and shut down for financial reasons. It was no longer economically efficient to keep the warehouse when it was only being used about twice a month. Lions clubs in our area are working on an alternative solution. The club will be informed as more information becomes available.
Read MoreColleyville Middle School Lego League performs for the LEOs
The Colleyville Middle School Lego League visited the LEOs and performed a skit that helped inform members about deteriorating peripheral vision and a way to help combat it. LEO Jacob Hethcock is also a member of the CMS FLL Team. Jacob was involved in getting some of his teammates to help with the LEOs Eyeglass Recycling efforts where they learned how to use a lensometer to measure the prescription strength of used eyeglasses being prepared for use by mission groups around the world.
The FIRST LEGO League (also known by the acronym FLL) is an international competition for elementary and middle school students (ages 9–14 in the USA and Canada, 9-16 and Australia). It is arranged by the FIRST organization.
Each year the contest focuses on a different real-world topic related to the sciences. Each challenge within the competition then revolves around that theme. The robotics part of the competition revolves around designing and programming LEGO Robots to complete tasks. The students work out solutions to the various problems they are given and then meet for regional tournaments to share their knowledge, compare ideas, and display their robots.
Read MoreLEOs provide meals for Presbyterian Night Shelter
Over $400 of the LEO Club’s charity funds were spent to prepare breakfast sacks to hand out to the needy during the holidays at the Presbyterian Night Shelter. 19 LEOs and LEO Boosters assembled the meals that were subsequently delivered by the Lions Club to the shelter.
The following is a note from the 2E2 Vice District Governor, Lion Tom Westerman…
Your Breakfast Snacks were delivered on December 23 to the Presbyterian Night Shelter and will be shared daily through out the Christmas and New Year Holidays. It was a job well done.
I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year.
Tom Westerman
1st Vice District Governor
District 2E2.
LEOs Lend a Hand at Sports Extravaganza
The Leos showed up in force at the Sports Extravaganza. Twelve members were charged with officiating the Friday afternoon Goalball event. It was an extremely rewarding experience for the contestants and the Leos.
Read MoreLEO Club Installation Dinner
The LEO Club was officially installed Saturday the 16th where the Colleyville Lions Club officiated the formal swearing in of the LEO Club officers and charter membership. The signing of the clubs official charter was kicked off by the 22 attending LEOs and will be continued at subsequent club meetings until the entire list of 44 charter members can sign the document. Over 60 attended the installation dinner including LEOs, Lions, parents and friends.
Read MoreLEO Success at Hole in One Shootout
Every year the Colleyville Lions Club hosts the Hole in One Shootout. This year, the LEOs helped the Lions at the event, washing golf clubs, grilling hot dogs and serving cold lemonade for tips.
This event helped the LEO Club raise $225, which will go to various club activities.
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2010 – 2011 LEO Club Officers
LEO Officers for the June 2010 – June 2011 Term
- Kelsey K.
President - Philip M.
Vice-President
- Erin W.
Treasurer - Tessa C.
Secretary - Olivia C.
Director (Membership) - Morgan P.
Director (Speakers) - Kate S.
Director (Events)
About the Colleyville LEOs
Leadership, Experience, Opportunity
Those are just a few of the rewards young people gain from participating in Leos. They also happen to be the values that create the acronym of our club name.
In total, more than 144,000 young people in 139 countries are proud to serve others in their local communities and to call themselves Leos. These young community leaders are friendly, active and dedicated to creating new and exciting opportunities by participating in their local Leo clubs.