Aurora Lions Club hosting Great Pumpkin Halloween pancake breakfast

Posted October 15, 2025 1:07 pm

Submitted by Al Benson

The Aurora Lions Club will hold its annual “Great Pumpkin” Halloween pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 25, at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 27 S. Edgelawn Drive, Aurora.

The public is invited to attend in Halloween costumes. Parking is free. The menu includes all-you-can-eat pancakes with sausage, mini doughnuts, orange juice and coffee or milk.

Featured will be face painting, balloon sculptures and free vision exams for youth ages 6 months to 6 years. Donations of eyeglasses and sneakers will be accepted for recycling.

Tickets are $10 or $8 for children, age 3 to 12. Proceeds will benefit Lions' programs to aid vision- and hearing-impaired persons. Tickets are available from Lions or at the door.

Founded in 1922, Aurora Noon Lions Club is celebrating its second century of service to the Aurora area. With the motto “We Serve,” Lions volunteers focus on supporting causes including hearing and vision impairment, hunger, the environment, diabetes and childhood cancer.

Open to men and women interested in community service, the club meets on the first and third Thursdays at Eola Tap House, 444 N. Eola Road in Aurora.

For more about Aurora Lions, call (630) 707-2870 or visit auroralionsclub.org.

Lions Clubs International is the largest service club organization in the world. Some 1.42 million members in more than 48,000 clubs serve in over 200 countries and geographic areas worldwide. Since 1917, Lions have strengthened local communities through hands-on service and humanitarian projects and extend service impact through the Lions Clubs International Foundation. For more information about Lions Clubs International, visit lionsclubs.org.