The community is invited to an event this weekend that’s more than just fun — organizers say it could one day help save a life.

The second annual fundraiser for Project Lifesaver will be this Saturday from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Effingham County Recreation Department on Highway 119.

The day of family fun will raise money for the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office’s Project Lifesaver program, a state-of-the-art electronic tracking system to locate adults and children who wander due to Alzheimer’s, autism, Down syndrome, dementia or other conditions.

Project Lifesaver provides personalized wristbands to Alzheimer’s patients and others who need them. The wristbands emit a tracking signal and, if someone with a wristband wanders off, caregivers can call 911 to alert trained search teams to be brought in.

"These monitors are actually life-saving," said community volunteer and fundraiser organizer Pauline Morgan. "People with these monitors have been found in as little as 20 minutes."

Last year’s inaugural fundraiser generated enough for the ECSO to purchase 10 Project Lifesaver monitors, according to Morgan.

Money will be raised Saturday through a silent auction, yard sale, bake sale, and food and beverage sales. The auction will have nearly 200 items, with a total value of about $8,000, up for bid, Morgan said.

The entertainment also will include a dunk tank and karaoke, and, for a small donation, kids can enjoy a water slide, inflatable bounce houses and face painting. They also will be able to see police cars, fire trucks and the Lifestar helicopter.

"There is something for everyone," Morgan said. "It’s good family fun, for a great cause."

Project Lifesaver monitors have helped locate more than 2,500 people in the U.S., Canada and Australia since the program began 11 years ago, according to Project Lifesaver International’s Web site.