BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–The Friends of the Berkeley County Library System are pleased to invite residents of Berkeley County to their Annual Meeting on Thursday, Nov. 10th, at 7 pm in the Moncks Corner Library.
This year’s annual event will begin with a short meeting for Friends members to vote on a new board members. Following the brief meeting, attendees are invited to stay for a reception catered by The Corner Cafe’ and a discussion with special guest speaker, Susan Kammeraad-Campbell, from Charleston’s own Joggling Board Press.
Susan Kammeraad-Campbell, founder and publisher of Joggling Board Press, is an award-winning author and journalist. She co-authored “Edisto River: Black Water Crown Jewel,” which just won its seventh national award. Her book, Doc: The Story of Dennis Littky and His Fight for a Better School (now in its third printing) became an NBC movie of the week called “A Town Torn Apart.”
As a journalist, she worked for United Press International, and for newspapers in the Midwest and New Hampshire. She has served as a news reporter, dance critic, theater critic and editorial writer. For five years, she served as director of publications for the Medical University of South Carolina. She has edited and published more than 30 books of fiction and non-fiction, most of which have garnered regional and national awards.
Kammeraad-Campbell is the creator of Storyboard America, a national initiative that guides people to write, audio record and share moments of their lives that matter. The initiative is being piloted in South Carolina for broadcast on S.C. Public Radio with support from a major grant from the S.C. Humanities Council.
The annual meeting is open to the public, however the Friends kindly ask for you to RSVP by emailing [email protected].
The Friends of the Berkeley County Library, Inc. is a 501(c)3 organization of volunteers. It promotes, enhances and supports the Berkeley County Library System. Money is raised through membership fees, corporate incentives, Friends’ book sale tables/shelves at each library and special fundraising events. To learn more about the Friends, visit http://berkeleylibrarysc.org/friends-of-the-library/.
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