Draft:Delview Leos Club

The Delview Leos Club is a youth-run service organization based in Delta, British Columbia. The club is a youth branch of Lions International, a global organization with 1.4 million members worldwide. This club joins other Leo Clubs around the world in building youth up following their core values: Leadership, Experience, and Opportunity through service.

History
The Delview Leos Club was created in September 2022, by Immediate Past President Kookie Sethi in partnership with Jay Sethi, the Leo Advisor and member of the Surrey Central Lions Club. The first events from this club were the community pancake fundraisers & stuff the sleigh toy drive, charity gift wrapping, tree chipping, the Recycle for Sight program, and mushroom manure fundraisers in the first 6 months.

On May 24th, 2023, the Delview Leos Club was officiated in a charter ceremony with dignitaries and Lions International officials giving speeches. At this time, the club had 12 members and continued to grow over the next year.

Events
The Delview Leos Club have run or volunteered at a variety of events since their invocation in 2022, the large majority being with the Surrey Central Lions.

Some events they have run from 2022-2024 include the following:

 * The Delview Park Cleanup Competition
 * Annual Grade Eight Schoolwide Scavenger Hunt
 * Holiday Cards for Hospice
 * Winter Wheelchair Curling
 * Teacher Appreciation Gifts
 * Earthwise Society Garden Volunteering



Events that have been run alongside the Surrey Central Lions and other Leos include:

 * Stuff The Sleigh Toy Drive & Holiday Fundraiser
 * Charity Gift Wrapping
 * Lions Recycle For Sight Program
 * Mushroom Manure Sale
 * Tynehead Hall Community Spaghetti Dinners
 * Bear Creek Park Tree Planting
 * International Lions Board Meetings & Conventions



Fundraising
Over the last two years, the club has been able to help raise over $2000 to put towards international aid. In recent years, the club donated towards disaster relief funds for the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, helped raise funds going towards children's mental health in partnership with the South Fraser Cyber Lions, and hosted bake sales and fundraisers to raise money for Asian Together  , an organization specializing in supporting Asian communities by advocating for the support of mental health. They have also raised money through their help in running events through the Surrey Central Lions, with money going to charitable programs and funding for international programs.

Club Details
The Delview Leos Club currently operates out of Delview Secondary School, a high school in North Delta, BC. Its membership is currently comprised of 9 executive and 15-20 regular members. As a youth branch of the Surrey Central Lions, they are connected to three other clubs - Fraser Heights Leo Club, Kwantlen Park Leo Club, and Earl Marriott Leo Club, all based in Surrey, BC. In May 2024, a fourth partner club will be created in Sands Secondary, under the name Sands Leo Club, making it the second Leo club in Delta under the Surrey Central Lions Club.