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2026 College Scholarship Winner Maria Montoya-Cervantes

Congratulations to Maria Montoya-Cervantes of Stickney for being awarded the 2026 Stickney-Forest View Lions Club college scholarship. Maria recently graduated from J Sterling Morton West High School in Berwyn with a 4.35 GPA. She was an AP Scholar with Honors, received the Ubuntu Award, and was Summa Cum Laude all four years. She was also the President of Spanish Honor Society, a member of National Honor Society, and a member of Civic Leaders of America. She plans to study biology in the Fall.

July 10th Forest View Veterans Memorial Bingo Fundraiser

Friday, July 10th, we partnered with the Forest View Park District to host a bingo fundraising event with all proceeds raised going towards the building of a Forest View Veterans Memorial. We had many rounds of bingo, a 50-50 raffle, an "American Made" gift basket raffle, games of Heads or Tails, and good food to eat. Thank you to everyone who came out and made it a success. 

  
  
  
   
   
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June 10th Camp Lions Lunch

We had a very busy June last month. June 10th we hosted a fried chicken lunch for the kids attending Camp Lions of Illinois for Blind and Deaf, held at Camp Red Leaf Village in Ingleside, IL. The kids had worked up a real appetite with all the fun activities they took part in. Camp Lions is a youth camp for low vision/blind and/or hard of hearing/deaf kids ages 7-17.

  
  
  
  
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June 8th Annual Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind Picnic

Today we hosted another fun cookout picnic for The Chicago Lighthouse. This is one of our annual service projects we really look forward to.

  
  
  
  

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A Snapshot of History

Along with the photos in Lion Al Brinker's scrapbook was a copy of the 2002 50th Anniversary Celebration booklet that the Club produced. Click the thumbnail below to view the book in PDF format. Thanks for preserving our history, Lion Al.

Stickney-Forest View Lions Food Pantry

If anyone has been looking for our Stickney-Forest View Lions Club Food Pantry, it is still located at the Forest View Village Hall. It has just been moved to the north end of the second floor. We invite the community to help keep this much needed resource stocked with non-perishable food items and hygiene products. If you should notice the pantry needs restocking, please email us at sfvlions@gmail.com. Thank you again to the Village of Forest View for hosting our pantry.

Queen of Hearts Raffle

At our August 18th Queen of Hearts Drawing, the winning ticket belonged to MAS who picked card number #22, which was revealed to be the Queen of Hearts!!!  
MAS won half the pot. We will post if we are starting again next week or taking a break.
September 1, 2026 Pot: $2,000

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Our Queen of Hearts Raffle will take a week off and be back on September 1st, with a new $2 ticket price and updated payoff schedule. See the updated game #5 rules for details. Our weekly drawing is held at 7:30p every Tuesday, at Lynn Catherine’s located at 6525 W. Pershing Rd., Stickney, IL. You can purchase tickets at Lynn Catherine's or at our online store. 

If you don't have Facebook you can watch the Tuesday night live stream
recording here, as well.

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(Video of most recent Queen of Hearts raffle drawing.) 

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