The Natchitoches Parish Library (NPL) is again partnering with the Natchitoches Parish Fire Department for its annual holiday food drive. Patrons can give back to the Natchitoches community and reduce certain fines on their accounts during the month of November! The annual NPL “Can Your Fines” program collects clean, unexpired, canned food items of at least 12 oz. and in return deducts $2 per can on outstanding patron balances. This fee forgiveness can be applied to balances resulting from overdue books, DVDs, laptops, personal Wifi devices (Wifi2Go), and other media. However, credit cannot be applied to charges resulting from lost or damaged items. Cans may be donated at either the Main Branch or Northeast Branch of the library.
Halloween costumes are also being collected through the end of November for fine forgiveness in our second annual “Costumes for Coins.” Patrons who bring in a lightly used or new mask or costume will receive a $5 fee reduction for masks and a $15 reduction for costumes. Fee forgiveness resulting from costume and mask donations may be used on balances resulting from any overdue fines, and also lost or damaged books, DVDs, or other media, but not laptops or Wifi2Gos. Costumes will be cleaned and made available for checkout next October at the NPL’s Main and Northeast branches. Donations may be made at either branch location’s circulation desks.
