Library will take food to cover your outstanding fines - if you don't take this deal - they want to put you into collection.

By Staff

September 27, 2015

BURLINGTON, ON

For just one week (October 18th to 24th)  during Ontario Public Library Week, you can pay outstanding fines with food. We accept *unexpired* canned and dry food items. All food collected goes to Burlington Food Share to help local community members in need. So, clear up your fines and help others at the same time. One food item = $1 in fines, 2 items = $2 in fines, up to $10/card.

Use food to pay your library fine.

Nice policy – but if you don’t play the game the way they want you to – they get nasty and send your fine odd to a collection agency.

The Library will send your account to a collection agency and adds a $15 administration fee when:

• you have items overdue 60 days with an outstanding balance of $35 (formerly $50) or more, or,
• you have an outstanding balance of $35 (formerly $50) or more on your account for 60 days.

I have an overdue fine – but the notice from the library doesn’t tell anyone how to find out what you owe them. Do I take in several jars of peanut butter and a couple of bags of rice? Don’t even know what I owe them