Bookfair to Benefit EMU Early Learning Center

Barnes and Noble Bookstore, 289 Burgess Road in the Harrisonburg Crossing Shopping Center, is holding a “Bookfair” Dec. 14-17 to benefit the Early Learning Center at Eastern Mennonite University.

Customers can present a voucher at the cash register at the time of purchase and a percentage of the net sale will be donated to the EMU education department‘s laboratory school. Vouchers will be available at the store.

Special family events during the four-day event include a pajama story time 6:30 p.m. Dec. 15 and a holiday story time and crafts 11 a.m. Dec. 16.

The Early Learning Center, based at Park View Mennonite Church, offers three programs serving more than 35 community children from two to five years of age. The accredited program marked its 25th anniversary the fall of 2005.