FREE BEER & $1 BOOKS!

The Charleston Friends of the Library Celebrate National Library Week with “Books for Beer” Event  and Pop Up $1 Book Sales.      

BOOKS FOR BEER
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m
Bay Street Biergarten
549 E Bay St

Like its name implies, bring a gently used book to Bay Street Biergarten and receive one free beer! Also, any child that brings a children’s book to donate will receive a free root beer! (Limit one beverage per person).

During our Books for Beer event, the Charleston Friends of the Library will be selling books and will have some amazing silent auction items for attendees to bid on.

Admission is FREE.

More Info: facebook.com/events/390106291364480/

POP UP $1 BOOK SALES

The Pop-Up Book Sales are a smaller, mobile version of the Friends’ annual regional sales, and will feature a sample of the Friends’ favorite books at the unbeatable price of just $1.  Purchases at these Pop Up sales go towards raising funds on behalf of the Charleston County Public Library system.  The first round of pop up sales will take place on the following dates:

• Monday, April 3, 2017 from 10:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. at the Hurd/St Andrews Regional Library
• Monday, April 3, 2017 from 2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. at the James Island Library
• Friday, April 7, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at the John’s Island Regional Library
• Friday, April 7, 2017 from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the McClellanville Library
• Monday, April 17, 2017 from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the Otranto Library
• Monday, April 24, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at the Edisto Library
• Monday, April 24, 2017 from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the Hollywood Library
• Tuesday, April 25, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at the Dorchester Regional Library
• Tuesday, April 25, 2017 from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the Cooper Memorial Library
• Friday, April 28, 2017 from 12:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. at the Mt Pleasant Regional Library

About the Charleston Friends of the Library

The Charleston Friends of the Library, a non-profit volunteer organization, raises money through book sales to help fund Library services, equipment, training, materials and public programming. The Charleston Friends of the Library fund over 6,000 programs, classes, and events each year.  The Friends collect and sort donated books for resale to raise money. Donated books from this year’s “Books for Beer” event are in turn sold at one of the five book sales held throughout the year by the Friends.

About National Library Week

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. All types of libraries – school, public, academic and special – participate.