Business owners, healthcare providers and community service organizations have pledged their support to the annual Snow Ball fundraiser for Dorchester General Hospital. The formal dinner dance will be held on Saturday, February 21, at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay in Cambridge. The theme of the event is “The Mystique of Masquerade.”

The Dorchester General Hospital Foundation has once again signed on as the presenting sponsor for the Snow Ball. The Foundation has supported this fundraiser since it began in 2006. The goal of the 2009 Snow Ball is to raise $100,000 for renovations to the hospital’s surgical services suite.

The Gold level sponsors for the Snow Ball are the members of the Shore Health System medical staff; Marshall Craft Associates; and Nora Goddard and Jennifer Goddard Brant in Memory of E. Desmond Goddard.

Silver sponsors are Delmarva Radiology and Midshore Surgical Eye Center

Bronze sponsors are the University of Maryland Medical System Foundation; William Bair, MD, and Kim Bair; Morris Effron, MD, and Kathy Effron; Patricia Johnson, MD, and Lois Narr, MD; Michael Joyce, MD, and Rose Joyce; Michael Moran, MD, and Lorrie Moran; Michael Ward, MD, Chesapeake Bay Orthopedics, PC; Adam Weinstein, MD, Kidney Health Center of Maryland; Warwick Manor Behavioral Health; AIM Transport, Inc.; Delmarva Power; Miles & Stockbridge Foundation; and Navigant Consulting, Inc.

The Dorchester General Hospital Snow Ball begins at 6:30 p.m. on February 21 and will include fine dining and dancing to the music of High Society. Guests are encouraged to wear a fancy dress mask to match their formal attire.

Support Dorchester General Hospital by joining your friends and neighbors at this popular event. Tickets are $165 per person and can be reserved by calling 410-228-5511, ext. 5481. Also call to find out how you and your business can support the Dorchester General Hospital as a Snow Ball sponsor.