The Mountville Lions Club will hold a chicken potpie meal on Saturday, Oct. 19, at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 100 W. Main St., Mountville, from 10 a.m. until sold out.

The potpie is homemade; the club members cook the chicken and roll out the dough, and the whole club participates. The group usually uses 460 pounds of chicken, 240 pounds of potatoes, 200 pounds of flour, and 60 dozen eggs.

Takeouts only will be available, and there is a fee. Homemade desserts, including pies and cakes, will also be for sale.

The Lions Club will offer brooms as well. The brooms used to be manufactured by people with vision impairments but are now made by local Amish craftspeople.

In addition, the club will collect pajamas for children in foster care. New pajamas in all sizes are needed both for males and females. The Lions Club has been collecting items for several weeks via baskets placed in the community.

The Mountville Lions Club holds potpie suppers on the third Saturdays of March and October, and the events started more than 50 years ago. The suppers are the club's main fundraisers. The club also raises funds by operating roller ball stands at the Mountville Days Carnival and the Washington Boro Tomato Festival.

Proceeds are used to help support Lions projects. Projects supported by the club include funding scholarships at Hempfield High School; supporting Beacon Lodge, a nonprofit camp in Mount Union that offers programs for people who are blind or challenged physically in other ways; other projects that help people with vision impairment; and maintaining the pavilion at the borough park. The club also supports the Columbia Food Bank and organizes an annual Easter egg roll.

The club welcomes new members.

For more details about the club and its events, call Eric Weaver at 717-368-2810.