NATCHEZ &8212; Rebuilding rooms for a Natchez food bank, 21 volunteers from Idaho have worked feverishly since Tuesday at the former AB Motor Co. building.

To cap off their week of tearing down walls, putting up shelves and refurbishing spaces, some members of the group will perform in a free concert today, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at City Auditorium &8212; yet another way the group hopes to do their part to raise awareness of continued needs of Hurricane Katrina victims.

Tanya Fitzwilliams, drummer for the praise band &8220;As One&8221; and one of the volunteers from Pocatello, said she and the others, all members of the Gate City Christian Church, &8220;had a heart to come to Natchez to help. Too many people were forgetting about the hurricane victims, and there is still so much to be done.&8221;

The concert also will feature the Natchez singing family The Harrigills as well as the New Hope Gospel Choir. An offering will be taken to go to hurricane relief and to support The Greater Miss-Lou Food Bank.

The Rev. Bo Swilley, associate pastor at Community Chapel Church of God, arranged the week for the Idaho group, learning of their interest through his son&8217;s roommate at Belhaven College, whose family attends the Gate City church.

Fitzwilliams said the group had three goals &8212; establishing shelves for food bank storage, preparing an open place where palettes of food can be placed on arrival and refurbishing the upstairs to store toiletries.

&8220;Also, in the front section, we&8217;re building a brand new conference and prayer room for the ministerial alliance or anyone else who wants to use it,&8221; she said. The Natchez-Area Ministerial Alliance will operate the food bank.

Accustomed to the 10- to 15-percent humidity of their hometown in Idaho, the group has sweltered in the humid Mississippi heat. But they are not complaining, Fitzwilliams said.

Volunteer LizAnn Wilmes said the group has been eager to get started on the Natchez work.

&8220;There&8217;s something horrible about seeing all of this happen, and you can&8217;t do anything about it,&8221; she said, recalling the aftermath of the hurricane.

Fitzwilliams said the devastation of Hurricane Katrina is in a special class of disaster.

&8220;Sometimes in history, something happens that it takes the whole world to help. If you can do something, you should,&8221; she said.

On Saturday, the group hopes to have a chance to see a little of Natchez. But if there is still work to do, they will be back at the building with tools in hand.

She and her husband missed their daughter&8217;s ninth birthday Thursday. But they know the example they are setting is important.

&8220;Sometimes there are things bigger than the events in your life. I would hope someday she would make the same decision we did.&8221;

More information about the concert is available by calling 601-597-2526 or 601-442-8215.