Barnes & Noble Bookfair to Support South Carolina Maritime Foundation - Use Bookfair ID # 10230613 at Checkout to Contribute -

June 15, 2010

Barnes & Noble is hosting a bookfair in stores June 20 - 26 and online (www.BarnesAndNoble.com) from June 20 - 30. A percentage of all purchases made with the Bookfair ID # 10230613 will be donated to the South Carolina Maritime Foundation; make sure to present the ID number prior to checkout. Purchase summer reading, participate in the Buy Two Get One Free DVD promotion or purchase Starbucks items, Cheesecake Factory desserts and cakes and other drinks and pastries from the Barnes & Noble Café to reach the Foundation's $5,000 goal. Some restrictions apply.

Author Mary Alice Monroe will be signing copies of her New York Times bestseller Last Light over Carolina at the Mount Pleasant Barnes & Noble located in the Mt. Pleasant Towne Centre at 1716 Towne Centre Way on Sunday, June 20 at 2:00 PM. To learn more about Monroe please visit www.MaryAliceMonroe.com. Another local author and science educator, Merrie KoesterSouthgate will be reading from her new ocean adventure novel, Agnes Pflumm and the Secret of the Seven at the Mount Pleasant Barnes & Noble Monday, June 21at 11:00 AM. Learn more about Southgate and her educational novels at www.AgnesPflumm.com.

"We are pleased to work with Barnes & Noble on this upcoming bookfair and strive to meet our $5,000 goal in order to raise as much as we can for our education programs," says Rachel Stewart, Community Relations Coordinator for South Carolina Maritime Foundation. "With the diverse selection of books, DVDs, gifts and toys and drinks and pastries from the Barnes & Nobel Café we hope our supporters will have enough to choose from to help us reach our goal."