Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Staff report
HUBBARD
Hubbard Public Library, 436 W. Liberty St., will be collecting school supplies through Aug. 15 for students who would not be able to afford the necessary back-to-school supplies.
All patrons who donate will be able to have any accrued fines on their Hubbard library account waived as follows: Donating three packaged items will waive up to $5 in fines; donating five items will waive up to $10.
This program applies to fines and is not applied to lost and/or damaged materials or accounts in collections. Fine-free patrons and community members are also encouraged to participate, but donations will not be credited to future fines.
All supplies must be in their original packaging.
Accepted supplies include: No. 2 pencils; three-ring binders (1 inch or 3 inch); basic calculators; colored markers; colored pencils; composition notebooks; crayons (8, 16 or 24 count); erasers (cap, regular and jumbo); folders (2-pocket and pocket folders with brads); glue sticks; highlighters; loose leaf paper (college- or wide-ruled); pencil boxes/bags; pens (black, blue, or red); rulers; scissors (blunt-tip and regular); spiral notebooks (1, 3, or 5 subject); tabbed dividers (5-tab or 8-tab); tissues; and white school glue.
All supplies brought in for fines at the Hubbard Public Library will be donated to both Hubbard schools and St. Patrick’s of Hubbard.
Each school will distribute the supplies to students that fit the requirements. For details about the School Supplies for Fines Drive and the requirements and restrictions, call the library at 330-534-3512, ext. 3.