The Glasgow Shrine Club’s annual Reach Out for Kosair Kids will raise funds for Kosair Charities for the last time this weekend.

The final Reach Out for Kosair Kids event will be Saturday at Cave City Convention Center from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to Freda Smith, the event’s coordinator.

Reach Out for Kosair Kids began six years ago, Smith said, and the fundraiser lasted longer than she expected when she first got involved with planning it.

“We far exceeded the expectations when we first started,” she said. “They told us it would probably last three years and fizzle out.”

Through the years, the fundraiser has enabled Glasgow’s Shriners to contribute more to Kosair Charities than they ever anticipated, with the first event bringing in about $11,000 when it was initially expected to raise $2,000 to $5,000, Smith said.

This year, like last year, the event’s goal is to raise $30,000, she said.

The event will include live and silent auctions, an antique trailer and car show, carnival games and a parade set to begin at 8 a.m. at Cave City’s post office.

Admission is free.

The fundraiser will also feature the 10th annual Zaxby’s Wing Chomp, where contestants aim to finish a set of 20 wings the fastest.

Billy Poteet, general manager at Zaxby’s in Glasgow, said the Wing Chomp began as a fundraiser for Kosair Charities 10 years ago in an effort to contribute to the community.

“We just thought, ‘What better way to have some fun and to show our appreciation than to help out Kosair Kids,’ ” he said.

With Saturday’s fundraiser being Reach Out for Kosair Kids’ last hurrah, Zaxby’s of Glasgow still plans to continue its Wing Chomp well into the future, Poteet said. The next one will probably be held at a well-established recurring local event like the Glasgow Highland Games, he said.

“Glasgow’s real good about putting on little get-togethers so we’ll probably hook up with one of those,” he said.

Smith said Reach Out for Kosair Kids is being discontinued because of the difficulty that comes with finding enough volunteers to staff it.

“It’s just time to go out,” she said. “We’re going to go out on a big note.”

According to its website, Kosair Charities supports more than 90 agencies that provide children’s medical care in Kentucky and helps children outside of hospitals with medical referrals, financial assistance and transportation.

Darrick Proffitt, a member of Glasgow’s Shriners, said the Shriners will still be committed to helping Kosair Charities even after the final Reach Out for Kosair Kids.

“It had a good run and it just gives us time to try something else,” he said.

While the group plans to continue raising funds for Kosair Charities, Proffitt said it’s “too early to say” how the group will go about doing this in the future.