Library food for fines generates donations

Kira Cathey of Albion sits beside the box full of canned foods at the Albion branch of the Whitman County Library. The food was donated during county library Food For Fines program last month. The library donated that food to the Albion Food Pantry.

Donations of $895 in non-perishable food and toiletry items from 145 residents were received during the 16th annual Food for Fines drive. Donations came in throughout Whitman County with almost a fourth of those not attached to the waiving of library fines. Food for Fines is held each February when area pantries report more people struggling with high heat bills and difficulty feeding families.