For the past 20 years, local musicians have gathered together in an effort to lend their support to children in the Vicksburg and Warren County area who are less fortunate.

This year will mark the 21st Annual Jammin’ For The Kids, which will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, at The Anthony Restaurant & Bar, 127 Country Club Drive.

Entertainers set to perform during the evening include Mike & Marty with Hired Guns; John Howard Dennis; Lee H. Abraham & Friends; Julie Crouse; Ralph Miller and Sweet Melinda. Carlton Rush, Andy Tadlock and Kemper Ehrhardt will provide sound for the evening.

In addition to the musical performances, raffle tickets will be sold for $1 and prizes include tool sets to skillets.

An auction will also be offered and some of the items up for bid include a handmade cedar chest, a golf bag and a 4-foot stuffed animal.

Ehrhardt said all items for the auction had not yet been collected, but “In the past auction items have included guitars, leather jackets and mountain bikes.”

“Between the raffle and the auction everyone will walk away with something,” Ehrhardt said.

Also this year, the Jammin’ For The Kids fundraiser will be dedicated to Joe Lacey.

Lacy was a member of the Spirit Riders motorcycle group.

“These guys have been the backbone of the fundraiser,” Ehrhardt said, adding,“They raise money for us all year long.”

Admission to the event is $5 or a new toy and all proceeds will go to the children of Warren County.

Once the toys are bought and wrapped, Ehrhardt said, the Beyond Walls Ministries and the Warren County Chaplain’s Office would be in charge of distributing the gifts to the children.

For more information, call 601-629-2003.