Ages 12 to 18
Leo Club — Alpha
School-age Leo clubs focused on the personal development of teenagers — planning and running real service projects with the sponsoring Lions club as mentor.
Savanna-la-Mar · Westmoreland · Jamaica
We Serve, right here in Westmoreland.
We are business people, professionals and community leaders from Savanna-la-Mar and across Westmoreland who meet, then get to work. Vision screening. Diabetes awareness. Feeding programmes. Disaster relief. Young people learning to lead. Small, steady, local work that adds up.
1965Lionism in Jamaica since
27Lions clubs in Jamaica
60BOur Lions district
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Where the work goes
Lions's seven areas of focus
Every project the club runs sits in one of these. It keeps us honest about whether a good idea is actually Lions work.
- 01
Vision
Eye screening, glasses drives and support for the blind and visually impaired — the cause Lions are best known for, since Helen Keller charged Lions to be Knights of the Blind in 1925.
- 02
Diabetes
Screening, awareness and support for families managing diabetes across Westmoreland.
- 03
Childhood cancer
Support for children in treatment and their families.
- 04
Hunger
Feeding programmes and food support for vulnerable households.
- 05
Environment
Coastal clean-ups, tree planting and climate resilience work in the parish.
- 06
Disaster relief
Response and recovery support — work that has defined this year in Westmoreland after Hurricane Melissa.
- 07
Humanitarian service
Health fairs, medical outreach and support for parish institutions.
- 08
Youth
Leo clubs, leadership camps and programmes that grow the next generation of servers.
Current work
Projects in the parish
The club runs a small number of projects properly rather than a long list badly.
From the Lions Code of Ethics
Of the things we think, say or do
- 1 To show my faith in the worthiness of my vocation by industrious application
- 2 To remember that in building up my business it is not necessary to tear down another's
- 3 To hold friendship as an end and not a means
- 4 To be careful with my criticism and liberal with my praise; to build up and not destroy
The Lions Code of Ethics was adopted in 1917 and its spirit has not changed since. Among its commitments:
The youth arm
From primary school to professional life
Lions run a family of youth programmes, each pitched at a different age. Together they form a path from primary school to professional life.
Ages 18 to 30
Leo Club — Omega
Young-adult Leo clubs for community service, professional development and leadership — plus a social calendar the senior club envies.
Primary and secondary school
Lions Quest
A schools programme in social and emotional learning — helping young people develop character, refuse drugs and violence, and serve their communities.
Ages 11 to 22
Peace Poster, Camps & Exchange
The Lions International Peace Poster Contest invites 11-to-13-year-olds to paint their vision of peace, and Lions Youth Camps and Exchange sends young people abroad and welcomes visitors here.
Club news
Latest from the club
Membership
The club is looking for classifications it does not have.
Lions clubs bring together people of every trade and profession. What we ask for is not a category but a commitment — to the meetings, the dues, and the work.