Especially for Suzanne, Tai H. and Mona.
The first Leo club was founded in 1957 by Jim Graver, the coach of the Abington High School, Pennsylvania baseball team.
The first Leo Club in Malaysia was founded in Ipoh on 2nd September, 1970 which was the Leo Club of Anderson.
We are indeed very proud that the first Leo Club in Malaysia was sponsored by Lions Club of Ipoh Host (LCIH).
Thereafter only in 1981 which is 11 years after the formation of the first Leo club did we form the Leo Club of Ave Maria Convent and Leo Club of Idris Shah Sec School on 14th April, 1981.
This was followed by the Leo Club of Sam Tet N.T.S. School on 18th August, 1988.
Our Leo Clubs has over the years grown through leaps and bounds.
We had a very senior Lion called Lion Khor Chee Kung who was active with the Leos for many years until he was known as Papa Leos.
Lion Khor has been a member of the Lions Club for more than fifty (50) years. Unfortunately due to ill health, he was now slowed down but his invaluable advice to the Leos will always be remembered by the Club.
Then in 2017, P. Velupillai joined LCIH. He was a retired Headmaster. With the encouragement from the Club President and Velu’s good relationship with the Principals’ of the Methodist Girl School and Main Convent Ipoh, LCIH manage to convince the two schools to form a Leo Club.
Many other Lion Clubs did try to form a Leo Club in those two schools but without success.
We are indeed indebted to Lion P. Velupillai and President Emily Kong for the formation of the two Leo Clubs.
It has taken us more than thirty (30) years to form new Leo Clubs.
We are now more passionate about our new clubs. PP T. Sriskanda a Lion of nearly thirty (30) years has only now come forward to assist the Leo Clubs.
Together with our new and young dynamic Lions like R. Jeyasingam, Wilson Wong, N. Rathakrishnan, Evonne Chen, Eugene Ong and Henna Tan we hope that the Leos under our care can achieve greater heights. We now have about three hundred (300) Leos under our guidance.
We sincerely hope to lead these Leos through the path of enlightenment in the field of humanitarian services.
List of Leo Club under LCIH:-
No.
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Leo Club of
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Charter Date
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Charter No.
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1.
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Anderson School Ipoh
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2nd Sept, 1970
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71754
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2.
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Ave Maria Convent
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14th Apr, 1981
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71755
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3.
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Idris Shah Sec. School
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14th Apr, 1981
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71756
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4.
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Sam Tet N.T.S. School
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18thAug, 1988
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71758
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5.
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Main Convent Ipoh
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2nd Feb, 2018
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133809
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6.
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Methodist Girl School
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2nd Feb, 2018
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133810
|
This is a fantastic story. I think I read something about Lion Khor a.k.a Papa Leo. You guys pay a visit to him if I not mistaken.
ReplyDeleteReally really a passionate club.
Yes Junika, we did pay Lion Khor 2 visits.
DeleteWe aim to do more with our Leos. Please watch this blog.
Like a goid parents who keep a record about their own child. I admire this.
ReplyDeleteThose Leos should learn to blog about their projects and activities too like their sponsor club. Haha
We think all the Leos are into Facebook, Anika.
DeleteGreat effort LCIH!
ReplyDeleteYour Leo should read this.
Great effort LCIH!
ReplyDeleteYour Leo should read this.
Thanks for your compliments Samantha and Elizabeth.
DeleteHere come the story. Honestly I like the way you present all of your history. Its like come out from a very wise person.
ReplyDeleteCan I know who is your historian? Is the person who wrote up all the history post and publish it is the same person? Iknow you wont tell us the name. But he/she must be an active lion right?
Our enthusiastic and lovely Brian.
DeleteThanks for your compliments. Really appreciate them.
1day im gonna try to b a leo!!!
ReplyDeletePlease do Syuan Yan. Only way is to transfer yourself to Ave Maria Convent, Main Convent or Methodist Girl School.
DeletePlease discuss this with your parents first.
Maybe one day you can have a big family picture with lcih, leo and their banner.
ReplyDeleteGood idea Jayden. We shall do it at an appropriate date soon.
DeleteU guys hve many leos.they should b proud having a very active lions 2guide them.
ReplyDeleteHopefully Shima, hopefully.
DeleteWow this is amazing. So you guys actually have two twins.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the post.
Thank you for your compliments and you are most welcome Mona.
DeleteMust be a challenge to guide them all. But as others said "there are in a good hand". Good luck and keep motivated to ssrve.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your support and kind words Nirmala
DeleteWhenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your advice Anon.
DeleteThose days will become memory. Hopefully those Leo get so much inspire that they will become a proud Lion someday.
ReplyDeleteWe also hope so Danial.
DeleteThose charter num made it looks like your leo clubs is charter one after another -54-55-56-58. Maybe lci got their own way of giving charter num according to leo district.
ReplyDeleteYou may be right Tamara.
DeleteYou got 6 leo clubs? Which club in your district have the most leo clubs? You can perform a new leo district with those 6 right?
ReplyDeleteWe have the same number of Alpha clubs as a club in the state of Selangor but they also have 3 Omega Leo clubs under them, Leo Annie.
DeleteThank you.i like it that you really pay attention to your eager readers.thank you for listening.i now know the story behind it.i think your club actually have many papa leo.
ReplyDeleteWe try our best to give our readers what they wish if we can.
DeleteThanks for giving our Leo Advisors the inspiration by calling them papa Leos.
Bit by bit you make us feel closer to you. What a nice feeling. Im sure you will attract more readers along your way.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lana. We do feel happy and appreciated when we hear from you all.
DeleteIndeed it is one big happy family irrespective of creed, race or colour.
All we abide to is "WE SERVE"
THANK YOU
ReplyDeletefor going extra mile for us.
Its our pleasure Suzanne.
DeleteYou really did something amazing.
ReplyDeleteThank you for that.
You are most welcome Steven.
DeleteYou are actually listen.
ReplyDeleteAnd thats make us feel amazing.
Glad that you think so, Anon.
DeleteAt first i thought you have a triplet!
ReplyDeleteTurn out the date is different. Haha
Congratulation btw for being so attentive to your fan.
Glad that you think so, Wendy.
DeleteYou all must have fun in doing this, that why you keep motivate to do it. Congratulation. To approach them while they are in Leo is a very great move.
ReplyDeleteYes, its a great move Isaac and we also have fun.
DeleteThe passion to serve is big in your heart sirs. Good luck. I believe those leos have a good guidance from you all.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind words Anika.
DeleteAs a former Leo, i always want to have a camp between all of leo club under my sponsor club, but all are too busy to organized back then. :)
ReplyDeleteHopefully this big family will have a big family photo for every term. :)
Dear Elsa,
DeleteThe family photo could be a reality in the near future BUT the camp.
If we do it then both you Elsa and us have made a dream come true.
You all should keep the blog as your tradition. This way history will be keep clearly for your young and next next generation.
ReplyDeleteYour efford in guiding those leos will be remember and value by them. Keep doing it.
We shall try our best, Boa Tran.
DeleteGuide those Leos properly, be attentive to them, someday in future may they repeat your action. And the circle of giving and serving will keep on rolling.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind advice Robert Irvin.
DeleteAny plan to add in more leo club?
ReplyDeleteI wonder how u attract the student to join leo club? Is there lots of benefit? Sorry, i now lions club but not very aware of leo club. I also heard about rotary club too. Is it the same?
Not at the moment Seng Han.
DeleteRotary Club is also a charitable organisation. The ultimate aim of both is to serve humanity but they are two different organisations although both are formed in America.
in my school there is rotary club too but no leo club.i think both are also club for student to involved in a lot of charity activity.there not a lot of story about rotary club.when i read your blog,leo club seem to hve a lot of fun activities.
ReplyDeleteYes Nurul, we also think there are more Interact Clubs (Rotary Club is for adult) just like Leo Club and Lions Club in school in Malaysia. In Ipoh (our city) there are only about a dozen Leo Clubs. We also think it is fun being a member of the Leo Club. As seen by our new Leos interacting with the inmates from the disable home today.
DeleteHi,
ReplyDelete1. Congratulations Lions.
2. You all are very attentive. I really respect you guys. Your interaction with Leos and your readers are very very good.
Thanks for the compliments Kimchan.
Deletethank u for ur time to answer my comment.i really appreciate that.thank u lions club of ipoh host.
ReplyDeleteYou are most welcome Nurul.
ReplyDeleteYour vlub really have an amazing history.
ReplyDeleteGlad you think so Jewel.
DeleteNow that you already introduce us with your Leo Clubs, how about your sponsored club? I come across an info said that every new Lion club need to be form by other club:?
ReplyDeleteThanks in advance.
Thats true Agnes. We have sponsered about 7 clubs. We shall look into it.
DeleteThat can be your next historical post. Good point thou.
ReplyDeleteYes Tanaka. It could be. Thanks.
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