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FOR RELEASE: IMMEDIATE            DATE: 11/11/04


CONTACT: EMILY SILVERMAN, (413) 545-0995

Jeffery Amherst Bookshop Holds
Second Annual Benefit
for the UMass Amherst Library

~ 10% of Thanksgiving Weekend proceeds will be donated to the UMass Amherst Library ~

Amherst , Mass. – The Jeffery Amherst Bookshop & College Store ( 55 S. Pleasant Street , Amherst , MA ) will once again donate 10% of Thanksgiving weekend (Friday - Sunday, November 26-28, 2004) proceeds to the UMass Amherst Library. Phone, fax, and online orders count toward the fundraiser too. Shoppers will also be able to participate in a drawing for store gift certificates.

Professor Stephen Gehlbach of the UMass Amherst Public Health faculty will read from and sign his recent book American Plagues: Lessons from Our Battles with Disease on Sunday, November 28, at 1:00 p.m.

For more information, contact the Jeffery Amherst Bookshop at: (413) 253-3381, http://www.jeffbooks.com, or by email at jeffamhbk@aol.com .

 

Jeffery Amherst Bookshop Holds Second Annual Benefit for the UMass Amherst Library

~ Shop for the Library over Thanksgiving Weekend ~

This Thanksgiving weekend (Friday-Sunday, November 26-28, 2004) the Jeffery Amherst Bookshop & College Store ( 55 S. Pleasant Street , Amherst , MA ) will once again donate 10% of all proceeds to the UMass Amherst Library. Shoppers will also be able to participate in a drawing for store gift certificates.

The Thanksgiving weekend is traditionally the kick-off to the holiday gift giving season. So, stop by the Jeff Bookshop on those days to make your holiday purchases and show your support for the Library, the region's largest public academic library. Phone, fax, and online orders count toward the fundraiser too.

Professor Stephen Gehlbach of the UMass Amherst Public Health faculty will read from and sign his recent book American Plagues: Lessons from Our Battles with Disease on Sunday, November 28, at 1:00 p.m.

Complete the coupon below and drop it off at the Jeff over Thanksgiving weekend to be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift certificate (first prize) or a chance at one of three $25 gift certificates as second prizes. Also, everyone who completes the coupon will receive a UMass Amherst lapel pin as a gift.

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Drop off this coupon at the Jeff Bookshop Nov. 26-28, 2004, to participate in the drawing and receive your thank you gift.

 

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