November 23, 2004

Contact: Dave Stephen
Phone 604-864-4611
Fax: 604-859-6653
E-mail: dave.stephen@ucfv.ca

Food for fines at the UCFV Library!                         

The Library at the University College of the Fraser Valley  is organizing a campaign to collect food items for the local food banks. Library patrons donating food will receive a reduction of their library overdue fines. 

“We all know that food banks provide food and assistance to people in need in our community, and we wanted to do something to give a little extra boost to them and raise awareness of the need,” says UCFV Library director Kim Isaac.   

For the week of Monday, Nov 29 through Saturday, Dec 4, any library patron (student, staff, faculty, alumni, community borrower) can "pay" UCFV library fines by bringing in donations for the food bank. 

Bring non-perishable food items into the UCFV Abbotsford, Chilliwack, or Mission libraries.  Special requests from the food banks are for peanut butter and other protein sources, canned fruit, pancake mix, pancake syrup, hot chocolate, stuffing mix, canned mushrooms and powdered milk. 

Please: no candy or non-food items such as diapers.   

Each food item donated will be credited with a value of $2. The maximum amount of fines to be forgiven is $20 per patron. 

Donations can be credited towards any library overdue fines. 

Please note: this applies only to the University College of the Fraser Valley library, and not Fraser Valley Regional Library branches. 

Questions? Call the UCFV Library (604-854-4545 Abbotsford, 795-2824 Chilliwack,604-820-6009 Mission).

Donations are welcome, even if you don't have a fine.

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