Throughout its long history, the Lions Club has raised money through our community events to benefit individuals and organizations in and around Mount Prospect. Some of our charitable initiatives include:

• Donating funds to stock the Village’s food pantry for the needy
• Sending blind, deaf and special needs individuals to Camp Lions
• Financing eye examinations and glasses for needy people
• Awarding college scholarships to deserving high school seniors
• Promoting reading by giving away children’s books at community events
• Donated the farmland to the Park District, that was developed into Lions Park
• Purchased the pavilion for the Edwin and Elsie (Meyn) Busse Pocket Park
• Purchased bicycles for the Police Department’s bicycle patrol
• Sponsored historical building restorations done by the Historical Society