The March Madness college basketball tournament is what most people can’t stop talking about during the month but what if there was a different program some had in mind? A Massachusetts library is allowing patrons with lost or damaged items to pay their fees with cat pictures throughout the month of March.
The Worcester Public Library announced its “March Meowness” program, which will allow library patrons to clear their accounts of fines if they submit a photo or drawing of a cat in place of cash.
“Even if you don’t have a cat in your life, you can still draw one,” Worcester Public Library executive director Jason Homer said. “Even if it’s one of the big cats, like a tiger or a lion, and we’ll be excited to see those.”
The library said the program came to fruition when officials noticed that a large number of young patrons had amassed significant fines since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. And it’s helped tremendously so far, with more than 400 accounts cleared of fines during the first five days of the month.
The library’s website also made sure to clarify that the program is not limited to images of felines: “We will accept honorary cats as well, so you may show us a picture or drawing of a dog, raccoon, orca, capybara or any other animal.”
Source: https://mywpl.org/cat-month