Y PRINT
LIBRARY WITH SOMETHING THAT IS
PROBABLY IN YOUR PANTRY.
>>
HERE IS SOME FOOD FOR
THOUGHT.
GET RID OF YOUR LIBRARY FINES
WITH FOOD FOR FINES.
>> BRING A CAN GO TO THE LIBRARY
AND WE WILL TAKE A DOLLAR OFF.
>> THEY SAY THIS IS THE WAY TO
OPEN A NEW CHAPTER WITH THE
LIBRARY.
>> LET'S SAY THAT YOU HAVE A
BOOK THAT HAS BEEN OUT FOR
DECADES AND YOU ARE WORRIED
ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU OH.
THE MAXIMUM IS SIX DOLLARS.
JUST BRING IN SIX CANS AND YOU
ARE GOOD.
>> JUST RETURN THOSE ITEMS SO
OTHERS CAN ENJOY IT.
>> IT IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
MARYLAND FOOD BANK.
IT IS JUST THE MONTH OF JANUARY
AND THE TIMING COULD NOT BE
BETTER.
>> AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, WHEN OUR
SHELVES ARE MORE BEAR WE ARE
ALWAYS LOOKING FOR DONATIONS
FROM THE COMMUNITY.
>> IN 2015, PRATT LIBRARY IS
ABLE TO COLLECT, BOX UP AND
DELIVER ENOUGH FOOD TO FEED
THOUSANDS.
>> WE WERE ABLE TO GET 11,000
POUNDS OF FOOD WHICH IS CLOSER
TO 9000 MEALS.
NEXT THE NEED IS THERE ARE THE
FOOD BANK IN THE LIBRARY.
NEVER RETURNED BOOKS AND FINES
ACCOUNT FOR A $1.2 MILLION LOSS
STOP THEY KNOW THEY WILL NOT GET
THE MONEY LAST -- LOSS.
THEY KNOW THEY WILL NOT GET THE
MONEY BACK.
>> THE SAD PART IS THERE ARE
SOME KIDS WHO CANNOT COME BACK
BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS OH COUPLE
DOLLARS ON FINES.
>> BRING A CAN AND YOU WILL
