The December West Ohio Food Bank's Hardin County food distribution returns to the Hardin County Fairgrounds next week. Since this summer, the distribution took place in Ada.
The distribution is from 1 to 3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14, , at the Hardin County Fairgrounds, Kenton, according to Jason Aldrich.
To received food persons must be 18 or older, have a valid photo ID and proof of residency, be at or below 230 percent of the federal poverty guidelines and sign and eligibility to take food home form.
Aldrich asks that participants have their trucks or truck bed cleaned out as volunteers will not move items to load food into vehicles.
There will be no Salvation Army red kettle in Ada this holiday season, according to Kathy Reese of the Hardin County Salvation Army.
“This year with the pandemic we had to drastically change our drive,” she told The Icon.
“With our largest red kettle location closing at the end of October, which was the Kenton Kroger, and huge concern about protecting our ringers and givers, we have had to go virtual in 2020,” she said.
In place of an Ada red kettle and all county red kettles, the Hardin drive is a “virtual bells” event.
Reese said that the county Salvation Army board reconsider how best to conduct its red kettle campaign this year.
Ada students will return to classroom learning on Monday, Dec. 7, in two different models. Those are explained in this story from the school website, or click here for that information.
As Ada students return to classes on Monday, the school provides the following to assist in that return to campus:
• If someone in your house is being tested for covid-19, keep your student home until the test results come in. Report all cases of covid-19 to the school office.
• Students must wear a mask.
•Be prepared to return to remote learning should the need arise.
