The camp of friendship and planning – 8th and 9th of March

Since the North Latvia LEO club is at the moment the only one in Latvia all the LEOs agreed that it is necessary to hold a planning event where we would decide what kind of activities we would like to organize and what each of us individually would like to do. Besides this it was really important to also know each other. That’s why the monthly meeting was replaced by a 2 day long camp in the country house of Martins Mazkalns. To reach our targets of the day we invited a coach and lifelong scout Nils Klints who was giving us physical exercises outside to unite us as a team and also helped to structure our thoughts when planning activities for year 2008.

The most important conclusions:

·         a LEO respects himself and other LEOs

·         before doing the task LEO talks to other members and agrees upon how to do it

·         after an activity LEO talks through the result and agrees what should be improved the next time

·         initiative is in the hands of a LEO that knows what he is doing!

·         LEO does only a task that he feels comfortable doing and other LEOs support him

·         LEO is not afraid to talk about problems but always seeks for a positive solution

·         when acting together LEOs can do the impossible!

It was decided that LEOs will try to organize yearly activities one of which could be Christmas in the hospital and the other – spring cleaning in a kindergarten. At the end of May members will help to organize the international Eye glass mission which every two years is organized by Valmiera and Michigan Lions Clubs. During this mission people from Valmiera region can do a free of charge eye test and also receive glasses completely for free. In the autumn LEOs are planning to organize a day of activities in the youth centre of Mazsalaca.

Parallel to the activities targeted to people outside the club LEOs also agreed that during their meetings they will teach each other useful things like healthy eating habits, project writing, how to attract a financial support etc.

After the camp all of the members felt satisfied because now we know the most important – together we can do even things that seem impossible! 

(March 2008)