Thank you to everyone who participated in Food for Fines at the Dalhousie Libraries between February 17–March 9. Across our five Dalhousie Libraries, we collected 786 food items and $373 in cash donations. That’s way up from the 339 food items and $155.25 collected last year. This is the first year that the Food for Fines program has been extended from ten days to three weeks.

A total of $1,296.96 in fines were waived in exchange for your food donations. Food items were divided between the Dalhousie Student Union Food Bank, Feed Nova Scotia and the Colchester Food Bank (for donations received at the MacRae Library on the Agricultural Campus).

Across Novanet (all university and college libraries in Nova Scotia), a total of 2,076 food items were collected, up from 1,113 food items collected last year. Cash donations were also up; $727.15 was collected this year, while $308.25 was collected last year. $3912.94 in fines were waived.

Thank you again for taking part in Food for Fines!