Thursday, November 18, 2010

Brookland-Cayce High School, Barnes & Noble Team for Events to Help School’s Library

Brookland-Cayce High School and Barnes & Noble Booksellers are teaming up for a series of special events next month with a single goal: provide better books for the school’s 1,200 students.

Students, parents and alumni will be able to purchase books, calendars and other items online at the
Barnes & Noble Forest Drive
location and during a school book fair. A portion of the sale will be sent directly to BCHS for new book purchases.

And in this time of tight budgets, the needs have never been greater. The BCHS budget for library book purchases has not increased in ten years. The average book in the library is 20 years old.

Events include:

  • On Dec. 10, the
    Barnes & Noble Forest Drive
    (Richland Mall) location will hold a Brookland-Cayce High School” day at which at least15 percent of sales will go to the school library.
  • An online book sale at http://www.barnesandnoble.com/.  From December 10-15, customers who enter a special code when buying at http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ will have 12 percent of the sales credited to BCHS.
  • A book fair at the BCHS library December 8-9 a which 12 percent of purchases will go to the school.

“Proceeds from these sales will go directly to giving our students better books,” said Laura Sponhour, a media specialist at BCHS. “If you are planning on buying a book, calendar or other item this holiday season, we hope you will make that purchase during one of these special events and give our students a big boost.”

To have your in-store purchase credited to BCHS on Dec. 10, just tell the cashier you are a supporter of the BCHS Library. To buy online, go to http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ and enter the code 10344877 at checkout. The online and in-store fundraiser does not include gift cards, gift wrapping, magazine subscriptions or video games or online downloadable content.

The in-store sale will be from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Barnes & Noble Richland Mall location,
3400 Forest Drive
.

Friday, October 29, 2010

Books for your personal collection?

Teachers and students, what books would you like for Barnes & Noble to bring to the library for the at-school book fair on December 8 & 9? Just leave a comment with the title and author and your name, and we'll create the list from that. Some titles may be unavailable, but the staff at Barnes & Noble will do their best to bring the books you want.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

What books do you wish for?

Teachers, are there any books you want for your classroom but don't have the budget to buy? Barnes & Noble will display those titles during the in-store book fair to encourage visitors to donate the book to your collection. Just leave a comment with the title and author and your name, and we'll create the list.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

BCHS Book Fair 2010-December 8-10

The BC High School 2010 Barnes & Noble Book Fair is December 8-10. 

Wednesday, December 8, and Thursday, December 9, the book fair will be in BC's Library.

On Friday, December 10, Barnes & Noble on Forest Drive will host an in-store book fair. B-C string students and drama students will provide entertainment in the store that evening, and B-C staff will provide free gift wrapping.

At least 10 percent of sales will go to buy new books for the library.

So please save the dates and plan to do your holiday shopping during B-C's 2010 Book Fair!