Shopping event to benefit Smart Start

Five local vendors are joining to sell their wares to benefit Craven Smart Start, Inc., a nonprofit organization that helps children from birth to 5 years of age and their families.

The shopping fund-raiser, "Shop Till You Drop to Benefit Tots," will be held Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the New Bern Golf and Country Club. The Country Club is at 4301 Country Club Drive in Trent Woods.

The five vendors that are participating are Southern Living, Silpada Designs Jewelry, Arbonne Skin Care, Pampered Chef and Party Lites. Fifty percent of all the proceeds from all five vendors will be donated to Craven Smart Start.