For the 26^th year, Helping Young People Excel (H.YP.E.) will be putting on their Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration. The celebration will take place at the Winnsboro Civic Center on Jan. 19 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This year, the celebration will include a live jazz band, a chili or beef stew fundraising dinner, and choir performances by the Jarvis Christian University choir and the Winnsboro Center for the Arts choir. Tickets to the fundraising dinner are $10. All proceeds go toward H.Y.P.E. scholarships and the Old Rock Station Resource Center, which is associated with the organization.