By Felicia A. Petro

Allied News Staff Writer

Put on your dinner clothes, and expect some good cookin’.

East Main Presbyterian Church, Grove City, will be serving its fourth $1 donation meal at 5 p.m. June 10.

The meals have been going on every other Wednesday since April 29.

The first dinners drew 18, then 67, then 76 guests, said Allen Lambert, volunteer.

Organizers planned only four dinners to see how well they would do in the community, he said. “We’ve been doing so well, we’re going to continue indefinitely.”

The “Do You Need a Meal?” initiative was begun by Dick and Ruth Leo.

“They realized there was a big need in this community to help people in these difficult times,” Lambert said.

“We felt at the very least, that we could provide a meal.”

After discussing it with committee members, the meals began two weeks later.

And donations have supplied enough money to keep the endeavor “in the black,” Lambert said.

The $1 donation – which isn’t mandatory – was put in place “for strategic reasons,” he noted.

“We don’t want people to feel like we’re taking from them or leave them feeling like they didn’t contribute something.”