Penny drive totals $1,431

Friends of Whitman County Library collected $1,431 in coins during the 2015 penny drive in observance of National Library Week. Each library branch designated a special project for the money collected. Funds have been used for everything from Summer Reading goodies to library projects.

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association and libraries across the country. Whitman County Library began commemorating the event with a penny drive in 2006 with outstanding participation from all 14 library locations....