Wareham’s Marie Auld passed away from lung cancer five years ago, but her children and grandchildren will continue to honor her love for the town with the upcoming “Walk for Marie.”

“She would give you the shirt off her back if she could,” said her daughter Kristen Murphy. “She had a lot of love for this town, and we want to give back as much as we can.”

Auld passed away in 2011, the same year the walk and an annual fundraiser in her memory was launched.

Murphy along with her siblings Megan Greene, Ken Metivier and their friend Jeannette Johnson, organize the event, which collects money or donated items for a different local organization annually.

This year, Metiver and his family aim to collect 500 each of the following items: boxes of tissues, hand sanitizers, one-subject notebooks and dry erase markers.

All donated items will be given to the Wareham Public Schools.

“We were trying to figure out who to help this year and learned that those items are in high demand at the schools,” said Metivier. “They’re things that are needed, but not budgeted for, so teachers and students end up paying for them on their own.”

Last year, they set out to collect 500 jars of peanut butter for Damien’s Pantry.

Metivier said the response was overwhelming.

“We received more than 1,000 jars of peanut butter by the time we were ready to go to Damien’s,” he said. “I was getting calls from so many different people looking to donate.”

In 2014, they donated $600 to Tobey Hospital. The year before that, her family paid for a bench in a butterfly garden in Deerfield.

Metivier said he’s already received some donations for this year’s drive. Donated items will be distributed to all four schools in Wareham.

Metivier said he hoped to reach the goal in time for the annual cancer walk, which is scheduled for Sept. 10 in New Bedford’s Buttonwood Park from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It’s free to participate.

Metivier said there’s been between 80 to 100 people participating annually, adding that he hopes it continues to grow.

Already, organizers are looking ahead to next year, trying to figure out who to help.

“It might sound corny, but I hope to get to the point where groups in town say, ‘hey, I hope they pick us this year,’” he said.

Anyone interested in donating items can reach Metivier at 508-816-9393, his sister Megan Greene at 508-889-5923, his sister Kristen Murphy at 508-291-5022 or Jeannette Johnson at 781-336-8917.

For more information on the walk, visit the “Walk for Marie” event page on Facebook.