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Food for Fines final numbers

By Jessica Woolman on November 12, 2014

This year’s UBC Library and Alma Mater Student Society Food for Fines Campaign raised a total of $4,304.00, a more than 40 percent increase from last year!

Now in it’s twelfth consecutive year at UBC, the Food For Fines campaign waives $2 in Library fines for every food item donated, to a maximum of $30. The program began as a joint initiative to support disadvantaged members of the community, and has become an integral source of the AMS Food Bank’s food reserves to support UBC students in need.

Non-perishable food items were collected at circulation desks and then distributed to the AMS Food Bank. More than 2,100 items were donated this year.

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Thank you to everyone who participated in this years campaign!

Please note members of the community are welcome to donate goods year-round at the AMS Food Bank and Greater Vancouver Food Bank. For more information visit the AMS Food Bank website.

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