Hanover Township offering free summer lunches to youth

Hanover Township is partnering with the Northern Illinois Food Bank to provide free lunches to youth beginning June 5, at the township's Astor Avenue Community Center, 7431 Astor Ave., Hanover Park and at the Izaak Walton Youth Center, 899 Jay St., Elgin.

Lunches will be available Monday through Friday between the hours of noon to 2 p.m., at the Youth Center and 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Community Center. No registration is required.

"For children that are used to eating lunch at school every day, a consistent lunch may be hard to come by during the summer months," said Brian P. McGuire, Hanover Township supervisor. "Through this partnership with the Northern Illinois Food Bank we can address this problem in our own backyard."

Lunches will not be offered on Monday, June 19 at the Youth Center or Tuesday, July 4 at the Youth Center, and Community Center. The last day for lunch service at the Youth Center is Aug. 4 and Aug. 11 for the Community Center.

For information, contact the Astor Avenue Community Center at (630) 540-9085 or the Izaak Walton Youth Center at (630) 483-5799.