'Food for Fines' drive begins next month at Adelia M. Russell Library

The Adelia M. Russell Library and Mamie’s Place Children’s Library begin their annual Food for Fines drive Nov. 1, running until Dec. 18. This year’s theme is “the joy of giving back”. 

Libraries are defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as a place in which literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials (such as books, manuscripts, recordings, or films) are kept for use but not for sale, which makes the theme appropriate because that’s just what the Adelia M. Russell Library does… give back. Adelia McConnell Russell, for whom the main library is named, had a passion and commitment for this great community. Since 1921 it has been the library’s mission to assure the best library services available to everyone while providing programs and new technology to meet the personal and educational needs of all ages.