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Friends of Berkeley County Library Celebrate #GivingTuesday

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When you give to the Friends, it stays in your community! Written by Kristen Lanier, Marketing and PR Coordinator for BCLS, Liason for Friends of Berkeley County Library System and Friends of BCLS According to the website for the national movement, “#GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media […]

What’s Cooking at St. Stephen Library

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So it all started with cake decorating…. Written by Tina Chenoweth, St. Stephen Library Branch Manager Last year, Tina, the newly minted manager of the St. Stephen Library, had literally no idea what kinds of programs she should offer at her branch, so she tried a variety of different programs to see what would stick. […]

Berkeley Chamber Rural Initiative Receives Funding To Continue Berkeley Career Express Program

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Sources: Berkeley County Chamber of Commerce press release and Charleston Regional Business Journal article. The Berkeley County Delegation secured a $25,000.00 grant for certified teachers for the Berkeley Chamber’s Rural Initiative. On Thursday, November 16th, Berkeley Chamber, Berkeley School District, and Google SC joined the Berkeley County Delegation to announce a grant that will fund […]

Getting Prepared for NaNoWriMo

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  By Courtney Clark, MLIS, M.Ed., Sangaree Branch Manager What’s NaNoWriMo? Do you have the next great American novel sitting in your head, waiting to be written? If so, consider joining NaNoWriMo in November. If you’re not familiar with the organization, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. You can learn how it works here or […]

Readers are Leaders in the St. Stephen Summer Reading Program

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Impacting the Community Written by: Tharin Nolte | Mobile Outreach Clerk Mark-Anthony Holden and his mother, Lisa Holden-Smalls are familiar faces at the St. Stephen Library. Mrs. Holden-Smalls gave the library staff a flyer that states “Readers are leaders in the St. Stephen Summer Reading Program”. Mrs. Holden-Smalls credits participation in the Summer Reading Program […]