The graduating charter officers all attained 4.0+ GPAs at De Anza College and will transfer to USC, UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC San Diego in the Fall. LEO President Maggie Ruslie believes their chartering the new LEO club was instrumental in acceptance to these very excellent universities. The De Anza College LEO Club is the only Omega (college) LEO club in the district.
OMEGA LEO CLUB BY LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL
The Cupertino De Anza Lions formally inducted charter members and officers of the new De Anza College LEOs Club on the evening of Tuesday, June 4th, 2024, at the Odd Fellows Hall. The inspiring event was attended by ten De Anza Lions, District Governor Benji Fernandez, First Vice Governor Stan Weitzman and District 4-C6 LEO Chair and past-DG Thelma Batilo.
In his remarks, LEO Advisor Kent Vincent described the new club as impressive, a great partner, as having great leadership and having hit the ground running. The club was officially chartered by LCI with 26 members, including 7 officers, within three weeks of their requesting our sponsorship in mid-November 2023. A month later, the club had grown to 40 members. The new LEOs provided stellar full table service at our Crab Feed in February and earned $3K in their club’s first fund-raiser, volunteering for ROV (Registrar of Voters). Lions District 4C-6 LEO Chair Thelma Batilo inducted LEO President Maggie Ruslie, VP Jarrell Taslim, Secretary Tiffelyn Kurniawan, next year’s Secretary Kassem Lim as well as nine other charter members who were able to attend. The founding officers signed the Certificate of Organization, and the attending Lions collectively pinned the new LEOs.