Jack and Jill of America, Inc. of Mercer County will hold a bookfair fundraiser at Barnes & Noble in MarketFair Mall, Princeton, on February 21 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. This event is in keeping with the Eastern Region Community Service Thrust: “Feeding the Body and Mind” and focuses specifically on promoting literacy in the community.

The all-day event will feature story time, an arts and crafts table, poetry readings, a scavenger hunt, and more. Snacks, beverages, and cheesecake will be sold in the Barnes & Noble cafe. Purchases in the store and cafe using the promotional code “11795606” will earn store credit for Jack and Jill Mercer County. 100 percent of the earned credit will be used to purchase books for the reading nook Jack and Jill aim to develop at the Every Child Valued Daycare and Afterschool program in Lawrenceville, N.J. 

The bookfair is intended to further the progress of Jack and Jill’s literacy thrust by engaging the Mercer County community and Jack and Jill Mercer County chapter members, especially mothers and children, in fun and educational programs about literacy and African-American History.