Mount Prospect Lions donate $27,070 to community charities
Mount Prospect Lions Club President Fred Steinmiller has announced that the Mount Prospect Lions Club is donating a total of $27,070 to area charities following a successful summer village festival and downtown farmers market season.
"While this year's Mount Prospect Lions Club Farmers Market ended weeks ago and the club's village festival concluded in early July, the most rewarding part of volunteering as a Mount Prospect Lions Club member is only beginning," said Steinmiller. "Now the club gets to donate the money we raised through both of those popular warm weather events."
Steinmiller said that in 2015 major contributions from the farmers market and festival proceeds will be made to the following organizations: $10,000 to the Mount Prospect Human Services Department (to stock the food pantry and help support the holiday food basket program); $1,070 to the Mount Prospect Police Department (to purchase equipment for officers to clear ammunition from their weapons when they enter the station); $2,000 to the Saint Raymond Special Education Program (for the resources needed for special education students); $5,000 to the Mount Prospect Historical Society (for renovation of the village's historical school house); $5,000 to the church gift card program (to provide Jewel food gift cards for members of local church congregations who are struggling this holiday season; $2,000 to the Kenneth Young Center; and $2,000 to the Saint Mark Backpack Ministry (to provide weekend food for families in need).
"The Mount Prospect Lions thank everyone who came out to shop our farmers market and attend the village festival this year," said Steinmiller. "Your purchases and presence at these public gatherings make it possible for us to help many people in need this holiday season."
The women and men of the Mount Prospect Lions Club volunteer countless hours of service to the community and are a true embodiment of the Lions Clubs International "We Serve" motto. Major annual club fundraising initiatives, including a five-month farmers market and a five-day summer festival, enable the club to give to many charitable endeavors such as: Lions of Illinois Foundation (free hearing and eye exams, and sight/hearing-impaired youth camps), Mount Prospect Food Pantry, eyeglasses and hearing aids for those less fortunate, Operation ROAR (United States Lions natural disaster relief), local school activities, college scholarships for qualifying local high school seniors, Mount Prospect Village services, and Mount Prospect Historical Society. The club welcomes new members willing to give of their time and talents to help others who are in need.
For information, visit www.mtprospectlions.com.