Comedian and musician Don White will perform at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lynn in Swampscott on Saturday, October 18, at 7:30 p.m.

White grew up in Lynn. The award-winning storyteller has released ten CDs, three live DVDs, and a book titled Memoirs of a C Student. In 2011, White received the Boston Area Coffeehouse Association’s Jerry Christian Memorial Award for his community work.

“We want it to become annual,” said Suzanne Forgione, a board member of Kids in Community. “It’s the second time that we’ve done a concert with him.”

White says on his website that he has “invented his own genre” of music, blending humor with powerful songwriting. Since 2015, he has performed with Bil Lepp and Bill Harley in Father Daze, a three-man storytelling show about the triumphs and tribulations of fatherhood. He also has toured North America for nine years with folk songwriting legend Christine Lavin. 

Forgione said she loves White’s “I’m from Lynn, What Can I Say?” which explores the local area and culture.

“He does this really song about Lynn and the number of sub shops and they’re all run by someone named George, and he talks about Nahant,” Forgione said. “He has this maniacal laugh.”

Proceeds from the event will benefit the Kids in Community summer day camp, which serves children in grades 1 through 6.

The camp, which started in 2003, has a “real emphasis on the arts,” Forgione said. A drum instructor teaches the children rhythm and discipline “because you can’t just do your own thing.” Last summer, pottery was offered by artists within the community. Ukrainian women shared paper crafts with the children.

“We try to emphasize the art as a way of enriching these children’s lives,” Forgione said. 

The camp also works on literacy with the children, many of whom learned English as their second language.

“Every single day, there’s an hour of reading, and we begin with someone, like me or the mayor or somebody, who comes in and reads the story, and then it breaks down and the kids can go up to the library and get their book,” Forgione said. “It’s not summer school, but we really want kids to hold on to the skills they have.”

Since 2017, Forgione said Kids in Community has been funded by many, including Amelia Peabody, Cell Signaling, the city of Lynn, Demoulas Foundation, Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, Life Together, Sears Family of Funds, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, St. Michael’s Episocopal Church, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lynn and individual donors. 

“We write grants all year. We’ve gotten a big break from the city of Lynn the past couple of years because they’ve had funding from the feds to hire low income youth for summer jobs,” Forgione said. “But we’re anticipating and we’ve already heard from some of our funders that we cannot expect what we have expected in the past.”

Forgione said the lack of funding can cause an issue for Kids in Community, which is why events like White’s show are so integral.

Tickets for the show are $25 at uucgl.org/donwhite, or $28 at the door. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the concert starts at 7:30 p.m.