Students will be collecting hygiene products as International Leo Day project

You might be asking yourself, who is Leo and why are students collecting hygiene products? Well, Leo isn’t a specific person, rather a youth division of the International Lions Club, a service organization with chapters located throughout the world.

The Leo Club, a branch of the Lions for youth ages 12 to 18, was chartered on December 5, 1957. International Leo Day commemorates their establishment, and on this day, chapters everywhere are encouraged to organize a project that helps their community in some way. The Eagle Grove Leo Chapter, more than two dozen members strong, has decided to collect hygiene products that will be donated to Wright County Public Health, who will distribute them to families in need for the holidays.

Leo Club Advisor, Becky Wachowiak, said that when she found out Public Health was in such need of hygiene supplies, she presented it to the club as an idea. The club agreed that this would be a great service project for International Leo Day as it would help men, women, and children throughout Wright County.

Read the full article in the December 1 edition of the Eagle.