Service Club plans Pancake Day event

Van Wert Service Club information

The Van Wert Service Club will be holding its 2015 Pancake Day fundraiser from 6:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 9, in the Van Wert High School commons area.

Along with pancakes and sausage, Arby’s of Van Wert is providing their sausage gravy and biscuits again this year.

The annual Pancake Day is the first of two fundraising events the club conducts each year. The money raised through the fundraisers is donated to many worthwhile projects and activities in the Van Wert and surrounding communities. The Service Club finances several countywide speech and hearing projects, including the Thomas Edison Speech & Hearing Center and the Van Wert County Summer Speech program.

In years past, the club has provided speech amplification units in the Van Wert, Lincolnview, Crestview, and St. Mary’s school systems.

The Service Club also supports the following projects, activities, and organizations:

Van Wert High School Service Pack, Van Wert Youth Baseball, Van Wert County Junior Fair, Van Wert County Junior Achievement, Buckeye Boys and Girls State, the R.K. Thompson Self-Reliance Award program, Van Wert County United Way, Community Health Professionals, Van Wert County Historical Society, Van Wert City Educator Endowment Fund, Van Wert DARE program, Van Wert Youth Football, The Salvation Army, Van Wert County 4-H, Wee Care Learning Center, Van Wert County Council on Aging, the YWCA Summer Food Program, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and local Boy Scouts of America troops, just to name a few.

Service Club members would like to invite everyone to join them at this year’s event. Tickets are $7 each, with children age 10 and under free (dine-in only). Tickets can be purchased at the door or from any Service Club member.

For more information, email vwserviceclub@gmail.com.