McHenry/Wonder Lake Lions Club Award Recipients for fiscal year 2024-2025
- Camp Lions scholarship 1 (Lions of Illinois Foundation) $525
- Camp Lions scholarship 2 (Lions of Illinois Foundation) $525
- Camp Lions Scholarship 3 (Lions of Illinois Foundation) $525
- Disaster Relief-Lions International $600
- Eversight (cornea transplant and research) $750
- Eyeglasses (6 clients) $500
- Food for Thought McHenry Community High School Food Pantry $750
- Fish McHenry Pantry $750
- Leader Dog for the Blind-Michigan $500
- Lions Clubs International Foundation Sight First Research Grants $1100
- Lions Of Illinois Foundation Low vision clinics, mobile hearing retinal screening van $750
- Lions of Illinois Foundation low vision program for severely visually impaired youth, orientation and mobility training for severely visually impaired adults $750
- Lions of Illinois Foundation Eye Research Institute University of Illinois at Chicago, $1275 .
- Memorial Tree 1 $250
- NAMI McHenry County (mental health) $400
- Scholarship 1 $500
- Scholarship 2 $500
- Scholarship 3 $500
- Polish Legion of Amercan Veterans/VFW (Thanksgiving dinner for Great Lake recruits) $300
- Wonder Lake Neighbors Food Pantry $750
- Youth and Family Center of McHenry County $500
- Wonder Lake Neighbors Food Pantry Christmas party fundraiser (12-9-24) $2000
Total Philanthropy for 2024/2025 $15,000 (amount generated by 2024 fundraising projects)
- 60% to sight and sound projects
- 40% to community based organizations addressing mental health, military support, food insufficiency, family support, and continuing education.
- $4350 to Lions of Illinois Foundation
- $1700 to Lions International
12/10/24
