In Anchorage, Alaska, drivers are now allowed to pay their parking tickets with school supply donations in place of cash.

Under a new program rolled out on Friday, drivers with $20 parking citations are able to donate pencils or black and blue pens to the Anchorage Community Development Authority’s parking service as sufficient payment for their fine.

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The service, also called EasyPark, said in an announcement that drivers will be able to donate 200 No. 2 pencils or 100 black or blue pens in lieu of paying a $20 parking ticket.

“Any current EasyPark ticket worth $20 is eligible,” the service said. “Limited to one ticket per license plate, tickets that are older than 30 days are not eligible. Payment must be in either all pencils or all pens.”

The state parking service is partnering with HUGGS (Helping Us Give School Supplies), a program operated by the Lutheran Social Services of Alaska, for the community effort. The program will run through Aug. 9.

“EasyPark values service agencies that provide back to the community,” Parking Director Demetric Tuggle said in a statement.

“Providing assistance by accepting school supply items for parking citations is a positive start in supporting our local students for a successful school year,” he added.

Last month, the city of Las Vegas rolled out a similar program allowing drivers to pay their parking tickets with school supply donations.

For a brief period, drivers in the city who received parking infractions were also allowed to satisfy their tickets by donating new school supplies of equal or greater value to their fine to the city’s parking services office.