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Chili Feast - Bake Sale 2023
On Saturday February 10th, the Lago Vista Leos had a bake sale in conjunction with the Lago Vista Lions club Chili Feast and Auction. In spite of rain, there was a good turn out and the LEOs brought in $404. Thank you all for your part.
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Ronald McDonald House
Four of our LEOs, Olivia Smith, Ruby Rees, Emily Caperton, and Hyrum Benefield, ventured to the Ronald McDonald House, that serves Dell’s Children's hospital on 1315 Barbara Jordan Blvd. Austin, TX 78723. They gave up their Saturday morning to build “Bags Of Love”, lunches for families of child cancer patients. They purchased and transported all the food to the Ronald McDonald house then prepared 40 lunches and delivered them to families in four hospitals in the Austin area including Dell Children's Hospital.
Blue Santa Preparations
November 20, 2023, LEOS Ruby, Olivia, and Mackenzie helped out with the Blue Santa event. They moved toys from a storage unit to KOaks for wrapping and distribution. Thank you LEOS for your time and energy!!
Pancake Breakfast
November 4th, 2023, Lions and LEOs club Pancake Breakfast for Lago Vista/Joenstown communities. Thank you! Emily, Hyrum, Kaius, Ruby, Mackenzie, Olivia. We all ate well!
The Big Event 2023
Big Event, Oct. 22, 2023. The Lions’ and LEOS’ job was to paint the Ranger Sheds in the parks. Four teams were made of two lions and 2 to three Leos. All sheds were painted by 12:30 pm.
White Cane Day 2023
In honor of White Cane Day, LEOs, Mackenzie, Penelope, and Hyrum brought in $ 210. 68 for the Austin School for the Blind. White canes have been used by the blind since 1930 and the white tip was to signify blindness and to be more visible to others. The White Cane Day is a Nationally recognized day of safety. The designated day is October 15th. We thank our LEOs for their support of our community and appreciate the giving of their Time for others.
The LEOs held their first community event of this school year. There were eight LEOs who collected about 477.753 pounds of food for our local pantry, Old Farm Food Pantry. Generous neighbors gave food they purchased from Brookshire’s during their own grocery shopping. Several LEOs will also participate in the distribution of the food on Friday the 22nd of September at CVS.
Participating LEOs were: Kaius Northcutt, Ruby Rees, Fatih Yildirim, Omar Shahwan, Declan Stevenson, Hyrum Benefield, Olivia Smith, and advisor Lion Norma Owen. Thank you all for caring for our Lago Vista neighbors!
TX State Capitol Visit 2022
L-R Shane Saum, Lily Woodburn, Bella Dreibrodt, Sadie Stark, Ruby Rees, Emily Caperton, Declan Stevenson & Catherine Van Arnam, Director of Communication (Sara Bush on camera)
Lago Vista LEOs Visit The State Capitol and Meet With LV State Legislators
On April 11th, the Lago Vista LEOs visited the Texas State Capitol with our gracious host and fellow LV Lion Shane Saum. In addition to being one of the advisors of the LEOs, Shane serves on the City of Lago Vista’s Economic Development Advisory Committee and is employed as Director of Regulatory and Governmental Affairs for PrizePicks, a fantasy sports company.
We (advisors Sara Bush and Bill Bush along with the LEOs) met in the Rotunda of the Capitol, where Shane reviewed some interesting information about the Capitol’s construction, facilities, and artwork. Our first stop was at the office of Lago Vista’s legislative representative, Ellen Troxclair in the new underground office building attached to the Capitol. At the time, Representative Troxclair was engaged on the floor in the final debate on HB 249 (School Security) and was not available. Fortunately, her Chief of Communications, Catherine Van Arnam, was on hand and was very generous with her time in giving the LEOs a tour of Rep. Troxclair’s office and answering the LEO’s substantial questions about the work of the legislature, internships, and life as a representative with bi-annual legislative sessions. (Texas is one of only 4 states that meet bi-annually.)
From Rep. Troxclair's office, the group hiked up the stairs to and through the Senate gallery, where the Lieutenant Governor was presiding over legislative deliberations, and on to Senator Donna Campbell’s office. Senator Campbell, an emergency room physician, has served as Senator of our district since 2012. She was very personable and engaged the LEOs about their work as well as that of the LV Lions Club. Since the Senator had left the Senate floor during active deliberations her time with us was brief, although while with us, she remained laser-focused on the LEOs.
After leaving Senator Campbell, the group passed back through the Senate Chambers, across the rotunda, and over to the House of Representatives on the opposite side of the Capital. The LEOs sat for some time and watched proceedings in the House. Shane provided commentary and insights to the group as HB 249 went to the final vote and passed.
The LEOs were fortunate to have visited the Capitol when the legislature was in session. They were able to witness firsthand the debate and final vote of an important Bill that affects their lives as students. They met with their state Senator and had an extended discussion with the office staff of their Representative. Our profound thanks go out to Senator Campbell, Representative Troxclair, and to Shane Saum for being our kind and informative host.
Senator Campbell (Center) joins the LEOs
Senator Cambell answers questions
Shane explains the progress of the Bill
