The Mountville Lions Club will host a potpie supper on Saturday, Oct. 15, at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 100 W. Main St., Mountville. Takeout orders will be available to purchase beginning at 10 a.m. and ending at 3 p.m. or when supplies run out. Chicken potpie may be purchased by the quart for a set price, and the Lions Club will also sell pies, cakes and other desserts prepared by its members.

In addition to chicken potpie and various desserts, the Lions Club will sell Lions Brooms. A tradition that began with blind members of the community making brooms as a fundraising project for the club, the brooms are now handcrafted by a local Amish craftsman.

The chicken potpie supper is the primary fundraiser for the Mountville Lions Club. The club also participates in the yearly Washington Boro Tomato Festival and a game stand during the Mountville Fire Company Carnival. The money raised from each event directly benefits the Lions Club and its many endeavors that focus on providing aid to the community. Among its projects, the club provides scholarships for seniors at Hempfield High School, supports Beacon Lodge in Union County, maintains the pavilion at Mountville Park and assists with specific requests from members of the community in need.

Beacon Lodge is a camp for children and adults with special needs and is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Lions. During its camping season, it provides programs designed to help individuals with hearing and visual impairment, people with intellectual disabilities and those who require assisted living care. During its offseason, Beacon Lodge opens its grounds to be rented by the public and serves as a conference center, educational facility and camp for other special needs organizations.

"We're always looking for volunteers. Anyone that wants to help their community can reach out to us," said Eric Weaver, a member of the Mountville Lions Club for over 20 years. "We love doing good work and having good fellowship while we do it."

The Lions Club has a legacy of providing assistance to those with visual impairments that began decades ago, when Helen Keller spoke at a Lions Clubs International convention asking for assistance. To this day, the club strives to support several organizations that support the visually impaired, including VisionCorps in Lancaster city.

The Lions Club has several projects in the work that the funds from the pot pie supper will support, including a blood drive in November and an initiative to replace benches around the community.

For more information, visit https://mountvillelionsclub.com.