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Owe A Library Fine? Pay With Cash — Or Blood
June 21, 2016
The West Florida Public Libraries will now accept blood in lieu of library fines.
The library will waive fines up to $50 for participating patron in exchange for the cardholder donating blood, or making a good-faith effort to donate, at blood drives held at the West Florida Public Libraries. Following a successful blood drive at the main, blood drives will be held once at each library branch during the next year.
The blood donation credit will only apply to fines, not replacement charges for lost materials. If a patron wishes to donate their credit to another individual or family, the library will honor this request. But library patrons will not be allowed to accumulate credit on their account.
The first blood drive will be held Tuesday, June 28 at the main library to be followed by blood drive at a different library location every two months, rotating to each of the library branches in Escambia County. Donors will also receive a free t-shirt and a special edit “I Blood for Books” library card.
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2 Responses to “Owe A Library Fine? Pay With Cash — Or Blood”
I’m happy to see the library do this and will be signing up for it. I just called and they said the drive is going to be at the downtown branch. My brother’s ex wife left some late charges on their card before she left and I’m going to get those paid while doing a good deed at the same time.
With all due respect to the cause & the library (both of which I back), I just looked at my tax bill. $156.99 for MSTU Library…Is this really good stewardship of tax payer money? This is indicative of a larger problem…the disconnect between those who play with OPM & those who pay. You may say, we’re only using fine money (yeah, right) but it is all tax payers money and someone pays for the the “free” t-shirt & special cards & reduction in fine income.