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Unique "Food For Fines" Program In Ventura County Clears Thousands Of Dollars In Library Fines

A program intended to get people to turn in their overdue library material and pay their fines with food for the hungry is being called a success in Ventura County. The Ventura County Library System did a “Food for Fines” program at its 12 branches. Library officials say they recovered a number of missing items, forgave nearly $4,000 in fines and collected about 3500 pounds of food.

People got a dollar knocked off of their fine for each can of food they brought in with the overdue items.

The food went to FOOD Share, the Ventura County non-profit which helps feed about 75,000 people in need a month.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral. 
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