Lunch is served! And it’s a picnic in the park.

From June 23 until Aug. 8 ReStore Community Center is providing free and reduced lunches to Ada youth, thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Ohio Department of Education.

The lunches are provided at the Ada Park shelter house number 2 Mondays through Fridays noon to 1:30 p.m. The lunches are provided through the grant Monday to Thursdays. Padrone’s Pizza provides lunch on Fridays.

The mission of the project, according to Robert Kanzij, assistant director at ReStore, is: “To provide consistent nutrition to the youth (18 and under) in the Ada, McGuffey and Alger area through the summer months.”

This is the second year for the summer lunch program.

Kanzij said that on the first day there were eight kids and he anticipates between 24 to 25 youth daily from here on until the end of the summer.

Last year over 1,000 meals were served in the summer program. Persons with questions may contact ReStore.