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Old-Fashioned Fun Can Be Found at CSUN’s Harvest Festival

(NORTHRIDGE, Calif., Oct. 23, 2006) -- Family and friends of Cal State Northridge’s Child and Family Studies Center are invited to celebrate fall with some old-fashioned fun at the center’s annual Harvest Festival on Saturday, Nov. 4.

The festival is aimed at younger children, ages 8 and under. It features music, a petting zoo, country fair-type games, children’s crafts, face painting and a "down home" bake sale.

The festival will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. in the center’s Lab School play yard at 18330 Halsted St. in Northridge. Admission is $5 for adults and free for children under the age of 12.

For more information, call the Lab School at (818) 677-3131.

The Lab School serves preschool and kindergarten children. The school and the center are part of Cal State Northridge’s Department of Family and Consumer Sciences and are dedicated to fostering a partnership with each child’s family. The school also serves as a learning environment for CSUN students interested in working with children.

California State University, Northridge has 34,500 full- and part-time students and offers 62 bachelor’s and 50 master’s degrees as well as 28 teaching credential programs. Founded in 1958, CSUN is among the largest single-campus universities in the nation and the only four-year public university in the San Fernando Valley. The university serves as the intellectual, economic and cultural heart of the Valley and beyond.