Topeka women are organizing a fundraiser to help a friend who was diagnosed with stage five kidney failure in 2017.

The fundraiser is for Jackie Buffett, of Topeka.

The fundraiser, which will be a rib grilling and barbecue sauce tasting competition, will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Lighthouse Center, 2020 S.E. 21st St.

Katherine Evans, co-organizer and a friend of Buffett, said Buffett is on a waiting list for a kidney transplant and has incurred a lot of medical expenses. She also is on dialysis, Evans said.

"She will do almost anything she can to help people out," Evans said of Buffett, whom she described as loving, caring and fun.

During the fundraiser, people who have entered the rib and barbecue sauce competition will have their food items judged.

Entry fee for the rib contest is $10. The barbecue sauce contest is free if people enter into the rib contest.

For people not entering the rib contest, the barbecue sauce contest entry fee is $5.

Evans said there will be three prizes awarded for the rib contest and one prize awarded for the sauce contest.