The Brambleton Town Center merchants donated $1,000 to Creighton’s Corner Elementary School in Ashburn, VA.  The donation will go towards the school’s “Reading Under the Stars” program, according to Christopher Knott, principal at Creighton’s Corner Elementary.

“In conjunction with the program, the money will be used to hire guest authors and readers,” said Knott. “Our guests read stories to the students, teach them how to write a book and explain the process of becoming an author.”

The donation was part of Brambleton Town Center’s holiday shopping spree promotion, which included a $1,000 shopping spree drawing and a donation to a local school.  Shopping spree winner, Ben Carter, of Ashburn chose Creighton’s Corner Elementary to receive the donation because his son attends the school.

This is the eighth year Brambleton Town Center has donated funds to a local school.  Previous winning schools include Briar Woods High School, Stone Hill Middle School, Discovery Elementary School and Legacy Elementary.

Pictured (left to right); Jerry Yunprayong, Scotto’s Rigatoni Grill; Walter Sanchez, Manager at Scotto’s Rigatoni Grill; Lizbeth Espinzo, Scotto’s Rigatoni Grill; Melanie Durall, Hair Cuttery Salon Leader; Julie Carter, wife of shopping spree winner; Declan Carter, son of shopping spree winner; Ben Carter, shopping spree winner; Dennis Racke, Assistant Principal at Creighton’s Corner; Brandy Smith, PTA President at Creighton’s Corner, Susan French, PTA Vice President at Creighton’s Corner.

Brambleton Town Center is at the intersection of Ryan Road and Olympia Drive in Ashburn.  The town center includes Harris Teeter, Sport & Health Club, Lost Rhino Retreat, Blue Ridge Grill andRegal Fox Cinema.  The town center is owned by Brambleton Group, LLC.  Rappaport of McLean, Va. provides property management, leasing and marketing services for the center.

For more than 30 years, Rappaport has provided retail leasing, tenant representation, property management, construction management, development, marketing, consulting and receivership services for space in shopping centers and mixed-uses properties throughout Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia.  Headquartered in McLean, Va., Rappaport portfolio includes retail space in urban and suburban locations owned by affiliates of Rappaport and by many local and institutional clients.