The Junior Auxiliary of Vicksburg has scheduled their annual Charity Lunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Hinds Community College Vicksburg Campus, off Mississippi 27.

Proceeds from the fundraiser will go towards helping fund all of the JAV projects, JAV member Kellie Pierce said.

Projects include JAV Cares, READ, TEACH, Camp Silver Cloud, Community Outreach, the Women’s Shelter and the CAP Center, Pierce said.

“JAV Cares is a project that we have moved to the Good Shepherd Center, and we help them with parties,” Pierce said.

For the READ project, JAV members go into the elementary schools and read to students, while TEACH focuses on teenagers.

“This year, we did the Game of Life with Vicksburg High School and taught life skills like writing checks and paying bills,” she said.

Community Outreach is a project that helps those that are faced with a crisis situation like a house fire, Pierce said, and members put together bags of toiletry items to be given to the residents, who stay at the Women’s Shelter.

Students enrolled at Hinds will prepare and cook the lunch under the guidance of their teacher Matthew Campbell, Pierce said.

“We purchase the food and get the supplies, and the students do all the cooking,” Pierce added.

Lunch will include red beans and rice with sausage, corn on the cob, Mexican cornbread, and a dessert.

Tickets are $10 and are available from any JAV member or by calling 601-953-3868.

A limited number of tickets will be sold at the door, 755 Mississippi 27.

Carryout lunches will be available and if you purchase 10 or more tickets, meals can be delivered, Pierce said.