Westfield Lions & WHS SOS Club pull off a big win
By JEFF LARRISON
Westfield Lions Club
On March 23, the Westfield High School SOS Club and the Westfield Lions Club held their second annual pancake breakfast at the WHS cafeteria. This year’s event raised $3,500 for the Miracle League of Westfield – blowing away last year’s donation of $2,500.
The SOS Club students cooked pancakes and sausage, staffed the serving line and drink stations, and operated a face-painting table (all with a little help from the Westfield Lions). The students also took an active role in promoting the event and soliciting sponsors.
At the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year, the SOS Club set up a meeting with the Westfield Lions Club to discuss ways to work together to serve the community. At the meeting, the students and their sponsor, Megan Springer, made it clear that they wanted to hold another pancake breakfast to raise funds for the Miracle League (last year’s recipient of the breakfast proceeds). They set their sights on beating last year’s number and spent considerable time planning and prepping for this year’s breakfast.
Jenna Hoffman of the Westfield Miracle League and Mayor Scott Willis. (Photo provided by Westfield Lions Club)
The turnout at the breakfast was phenomenal – about every sports team at WHS showed up in mass. The various school sports teams even had a competition to see which team could get the most players to attend the breakfast (the girls softball team won).
A special note of recognition should be given to the Westfield food services department for their assistance in making the breakfast a big success. Director of Food Services Paul Sherrer made sure the event went off smoothly. When it was discovered there were some significant last-minute logistical problems that would jeopardize the event, he said he’d do whatever was needed to enable the students to hold the breakfast – and he did.
The Westfield Lions and the WHS SOS Club would also like to thank the sponsors of the event – the City of Westfield, Mark Heirbrandt, Busby Eye Care, Sobczak Construction, Compass Realty, Indy Eye Care, EPYK Realty, Sunshine Pediatrics, Heartland Growers, Lazar Insurance, and Chuck Goodrich for Congress. Without their support, the breakfast would not have been as successful as it was.
About the Westfield Lions Club
The Westfield Lions Club has been serving the community since 1930 and is looking for men and women who would like to be part of this effort. For more information on the Westfield Lions Club and how to become a member, go to WestfieldLions.org.