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Sunnyside/Woodside Lions Raising Funds for Food Pantries

The Sunnyside/Woodside Lions club has started its Christmas fundraising drive for St Teresa’s and St. Raphael’s food pantries. This new drive comes day after the club raised more than $1,500 for local food groups for Thanksgiving.

Members have put out jars at 16 bars and restaurants, where the proprietors agreed to help. Those outlets are:

Pete’s Diner; Casa Romana; Dazie’s; Black Lamb; Dillon’s; The CourtYard; PJ Horgan’s; Maggie Mae’s; Diving Bell; Bar 43; Side Tracks; Flynn’s Inn; The Gas Light; Leitrum House; American Legion; and McGuiness Bar.

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