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Photograph of Stickney-Forest View Lions Club member and Past International Director Dan O'Reilly.


Greater Chicago Food Depository Service Project

January is Hunger Awareness Month, and on January 23rd seven of our Club members spent the afternoon repacking pasta from bulk containers into 2 lb packages for delivery to food pantries around the area. Everyone had different tasks from scooping out the pasta from the bulk containers, to weighing the 2 lb bags, to boxing up the packages for transport. We were part of a larger group of 42 volunteers, and together we repacked 244 cases of pasta weighing 5,856 lbs or the equivalent of 4,880 meals for the needy. That adds up to 812 meals our 7 volunteers helped repack.

Group photo of Lions Club volunteers at Greater Chicago Food Depository.

Photo of volunteers re-packing dry pasta for food banks. Photo of volunteer repacking dry pasta for food banks. Photo of volunteers re-packing dry pasta for food banks.
Photo of volunteers re-packing dry pasta for food banks. Photo of volunteer assembling shipping boxes for food bank deliveries. Photo of volunteer assembling shipping boxes for food bank delivery.
Photo of volunteer re-packing dry pasta for food banks. Photo of plastic bag of dry pasta on a food scale. Photo of volunteers re-packing dry pasta for food banks.
Photo of volunteers re-packing dry pasta for food banks. Photo of volunteers assembling shipping boxes for food bank deliveries. Photo of two volunteers smiling.
Photo of volunteers re-packing dry pasta for food banks. Photo of two volunteers smiling. Photo of volunteers re-packing dry pasta for food banks.
Photo of volunteers re-packing dry pasta for food banks. Photo of volunteers re-packing dry pasta for food banks. Photo of three volunteers smiling.
Photo of volunteer re-packing dry pasta for food banks. Photo of volunteer re-packing dry pasta for food banks. Photo of volunteer smiling and giving a thumbs up.
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2025 Relieving Hunger Dinner

Every year we hold a Relieving Hunger Dinner after the holidays to support families in need in the community. We pick up three carts of roasted chickens from Costco, bake a bunch of potatoes, and cook up some frozen vegetables and prepare meals for area families to pick up and take home for a nice sit-down dinner. Thank you to all of our Lions volunteers who came out on Janaury 10th to make this happen.

Photo of volunteers pushing carts of roasted chickens. Photo of volunteers loading roasted chickens into van. Photo of volunteers loading roasted chickens into van.
Photo of volunteers preparing meals for the needy. Photo of volunteers preparing meals for the needy. Photo of volunteers packaging meals for the needy.

Photo of volunteers packaging meals for the needy. Photo of volunteers preparing meals for the needy. Photo of volunteers preparing meals for the needy.
Photo of volunteers preparing meals for the needy. Photo of volunteers preparing meals for the needy. Photo of volunteers preparing meals for the needy.
Photo of volunteers preparing meals for the needy. Photo of volunteers packaging meals for the needy. Photo of volunteers preparing meals for the needy.
Photo of volunteers preparing meals for the needy. Photo of volunteers preparing meals for the needy. Photo of volunteers preparing meals for the needy.
Photo of three carts of roasted chickens at Costco. Photo of a bowl of cooked mixed vegetables. Photo of packaged rolls and cookies.

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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.

Illustrations of food products and photograph of the Club's food pantry. Additional text gives the address for the food pantry as 7000 West 46th Street in Forest View, Illinois.


Queen of Hearts Raffle

Our first Queen of Hearts drawing was on February 2, 2021. In all the drawings since then, we have only been playing at the Stage 1 prize level of our Queen of Hearts Raffle. Our pot has crossed $30,000, which kicks us up into the Stage 2 prize level. General ticket winners go from $50 to $100. Aces go from $100 to $250. Jokers go from $500 to $1,500 (and we start a new board). And the Queen of Hearts stays at half the pot. Our weekly drawing is held at 7:30p every Tuesday, at Lynn Catherine’s located at 6525 W. Pershing Rd., Stickney, IL. For detailed rules click here. You can purchase tickets at Lynn Catherine's, at one of these other locations, or at our online store.

 
Graphic advertising the Stickney-Forest View Lions Club Queen of Hearts Raffle, featuring a playing card with a cartoon lion dressed as the Queen of Hearts.

At our February 4th drawing the winning ticket belonged to BBH Corp., who selected card #8 on the board, which was revealed to be the Ten of Diamonds.
The pot rolls over and will start at $99,000.

 
Graphic indicating which of the 54 Queen of Hearts raffle tickets have already been opened.
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If you don't have Facebook you can watch the Tuesday night live stream
recording here, as well.


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


Terri Lynn Fundraising Store

Thank you to all our members and friends who generously supported our Terri Lynn holiday sales. At this time, this year’s holiday sale profit will be about $250. Our club has many supporters who return each holiday season to make purchases, as well as some year round supporters. Please keep in mind that our Terri Lynn store is open year round for your shopping conveniences. The products that they sell are good quality for baking, nutritional snacks as well as indulgences. Terri Lynn offers free or low price shipping fees too! Please share this link with family and friends, we appreciate the support! Here is the link to our personalized webstore for Stickney-Forest View Lions Club: sfvlions.terrilynn.com.
 
Orders placed January - September ship 5 business days after the order is placed. Orders placed October - December ship 10 business days after the order is placed. Orders shipped during warm weather will be placed in a cooler. Thank you for your support. For additional information please contact Lion Maryanne at 708-749-2433.
 
Animated graphic showing samples of products available for purchase from the Club's Terri Lynn online store.
 

General Donations

If you are unable to take part in any of our current fundraising events, you are still able to make general donations through our Square store to support our causes. Programs like Camp Lions, Low Vision Clinics and Screenings, Chicago Lighthouse, Diabetes Awareness, and others are still in need of our support through donations. Locally, requests are coming in from local food pantries, assistance for eye testing, hearing testing, and other needs for our community residents. Please consider making an online donation using the link below. Thank you for your generosity.
 

Graphic advertising the Club's online donation page featuring an illustration of a hand and a heart.
 


Stickney-Forest View Lions Club Newsletter

If you would like to see our most recent club newsletter (January 2025), click the thumbnail below.

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Stickney-Forest View Lions Club on Facebook

Facebook icon for the Club's main Facebook page.Visit our Club Facebook page orFacebook icon for the Club's Queen of Hearts Raffle Facebook page.
our Queen of Hearts Facebook page. Queen of Hearts drawing live streamed on Facebook Tuesdays at 7:30p.

 


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