The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of New Jersey (NCADD-NJ) and Macy's department store teamed up to organize the Community Shopping Day to be held on Tuesday, April 4.

The all day event will raise funds for community causes, primarily the NCADD Sobering Facts Campaign, which combats underage use of alcohol, the number one drug of choice for New Jersey youth.

Sobering Facts educates communities, promotes solution strategies, provides educational material to students, parents and teachers, publishes newspaper and radio public service announcements and maintains the informational website www.soberingfacts.org.

At the upcoming event, shoppers can purchase a $10 entrance ticket that includes a chance to win a gift card, a ballot for the prize drawing and an all-day savings pass worth a 15 to 20 percent discount.

Of the first 1000 shoppers to enter Macy's, one will receive a $500 gift card to the store, and the rest receive $10 gift cards. Prizes including designer cosmetics giveaways valued up to $350, gift cards and free apparel and accessories.

The shopping day will also include all-day free events and promotions, such as face painting, a chocolate fountain, palm readings, food demonstrations and samples and performances by a choir, magician and professional pianist.

Forty-six percent of New Jersey's seventh and eighth graders have used alcohol, and 67 percent of eighth graders reported alcohol as fairly or very easy to obtain, according to the NCADD.

For more information, visit www.ncaddnj.org or contact Steve Remley at 609-689-0599, ext. 102.