Pay down library fines with food donations during National Library Week

SPOKANE COUNTY — The Spokane County Library District and Spokane Public Library are celebrating National Library Week from April 10-16 with a community food drive.

By donating a nonperishable food item, library patrons can reduce their overdue fines by $2, until a maximum of $20 is forgiven per account.

Donated food items go to Second Harvest Food Bank and its network of smaller food banks across the greater Spokane-area.

Last year, the Food for Fines food drive brought in more than 6,000 pounds of food and paid down more than $5,100 in overdue fines.

For information about the program and to find a library near you, go to www.scld.org for county libraries and www.spokanelibrary.org for Spokane libraries.