ESSEX — Essex Library’s December “Food For Fines” drive netted over three hundred food items, contributed by library patrons in lieu of late fees, all of which will be donated to the Shoreline Soup Kitchen and Pantries.

Pictured is Essex Library staff member Jessica Branciforte surrounded by the generous bounty of canned and boxed foods patrons brought in.

If you’re looking for amnesty for your Essex Library fine, now’s the time.

In partnership with the Shoreline Soup Kitchen and Pantries, the Essex Library Association is sponsoring “Food For Fines” for the month of December. Library patrons are encouraged to donate undamaged, unexpired, boxed or canned non-perishable food items to the Essex Library, in exchange for a one dollar reduction per food item to be applied to overdue fines for Essex Library materials. All food will be donated to the Shoreline Soup Kitchen and Pantries.

The most needed items include canned meat and fish, peanut butter, rice, pasta, canned fruit, canned vegetables, boxed cereal and oatmea. No glass, beverages, or dented cans will be accepted. Like the sound of “no fines”? Bring your non-perishable items to the Essex Library until December 31st, and support your community food banks.

Links:
Essex Library
Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries