There are still tickets available for the twenty-eighth annual Cancer Gala on August 6. Tickets may be purchased at any Calvert County Community Bank of Tri-County branch, the Rod ‘N’ Reel Restaurant and online at www.RodNReelCancerGala.org.

Hotel rooms are available for Gala patrons only (use promotional code gala09 when making your reservation). For more information please call (301) 855-8351 or (410) 257-2735 ext. 108, 109 or 114 or visit www.RodNReelCancerGala.org

Calvert County’s 28th annual Cancer Gala will be held at the Rod ‘N’ Reel Restaurant, Thursday, August 6, from 7:30 to 10 p.m in Chesapeake Beach. Advanced tickets are $125 per person and $150 on the day of the event.

The Gala, first organized 28 years ago by former Chesapeake Beach Mayor Gerald W. Donovan and his brother Fred, co-owners of the Rod ‘N’ Reel, is a celebration of life with proceeds going to the American Cancer Society for research, education and patient services.

In 1982, the first event raised $5,300 and to date combined earnings have reached over $3.8 million and continue to grow.

Approximately 40 percent of the money stays in Calvert County to support such programs as the Road to Recovery, I Can Hope, Look Good…Feel Better, Man to Man and Reach to Recovery.

The Honorary Chairs this year are Mike and Sara Middleton and the presenting sponsor is Community Bank of Tri-County. The Gala is the one event each year designed to honor memories of those lost to cancer and to celebrate the lives of all cancer survivors.

This year’s event promises to be another fun-filled evening with seafood including Maine lobsters, shrimp, oysters, clams, mussels, crabs and fresh fish as well as roasted pig, filet mignon, barbeque ribs, grilled chicken, steamship round, desserts galore and more. Attendees will enjoy an open bar, live music and dancing inside and out.