Got parking tickets? Still time to pay them off with canned goods.

LEXPARK’s annual Food for Fines drive has collected 3,400 canned items already with a week to go.

The campaign, which lets you turn in canned goods to pay off parking fines, continues through Friday. For every 10 cans you bring in, you get $15 off any LEXPARK or Lexington Police parking citation, with no limit. Multiple citations and even past-due citations are eligible.

The LEXPARK office is at 122 North Broadway. You can check to see if you have a meter citation by entering your license plate at the “Pay a Citation” page on Lexpark.org.

Suggestions for items include canned vegetables at least 14 ounces, canned meat, beans or peanut butter. No expired, damaged or opened food will be accepted. The food will be donated to God’s Pantry Food Bank.

More than 24,000 cans of food, which is the equivalent of 16,000 meals, have been collected in the first three years of the program, according to Parking Authority Executive Director Gary Means.

Last year, 8,300 food items were collected, which paid off nearly $13,000 in citations.

This story was originally published December 11, 2017 at 1:46 PM with the headline "Got parking tickets? Still time to pay them off with canned goods.."