{"id":6390,"date":"2020-01-30T14:02:15","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T19:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=6390"},"modified":"2020-01-30T14:02:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T19:02:15","slug":"library-patrons-support-food-for-fines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/ponte-vedra\/library-patrons-support-food-for-fines\/","title":{"rendered":"Library patrons support Food for Fines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By NewsLine Staff<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mail@floridanewsline.com<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">St. Johns County Library patrons were exceptionally generous this holiday season, donating nearly 9,000 non-perishable food items for the county\u2019s Health and Human Services Food Pantry. Food for Fines, an annual program in place from Thanksgiving through New Year\u2019s, enables patrons with overdue fines to instead donate food for families in need.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s a real benefit to the community we serve to have the Food for Fines Program,\u201d said Tracy Dillon, Social Services Manager for St. Johns County. \u201cThe food donated by library patrons replenishes our dwindling food supplies and allows us to operate our Food Pantry for nearly the whole year. It\u2019s the most effective county-wide food drive that we have.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Health and Human Services provides a wide variety of services for approximately 10,000 clients in St. Johns County throughout the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe\u2019ve seen the Food for Fines Program grow every year since we first implemented it in 2007,\u201d said Library System Director Debra Rhodes Gibson. \u201cFor each item of food donated, a dollar is taken off fines on their account. It\u2019s even supported by our patrons who don\u2019t have fines. The whole community gets behind it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Food for Fines is one of several collaborative programs that the St. Johns County Library System participates in with other county departments, extending its reach to county residents. Visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sjcpls.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.sjcpls.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for more information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Photo courtesy St. Johns County Library<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ponte Vedra Beach Branch Library staff with some of the items donated by patrons during the Food for Fines drive.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By NewsLine Staff mail@floridanewsline.com St. Johns County Library patrons were exceptionally generous this holiday season, donating nearly 9,000 non-perishable food items for the county\u2019s Health and Human Services Food Pantry. 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