Preparations are under way for the University of Maryland Memorial Hospital Foundation’s third annual Claws for a Cause crab feast to benefit UM Shore Emergency Center at Queenstown.
This “Old Fashioned Eastern Shore Crab Feast” will take place from 6-9 p.m., Thursday, July 9, 2015 at Fisherman’s Crab Deck in Grasonville. Fisherman’s Crab Deck is located off Route 50, exit 42 (Kent Narrows). Ticket prices are $90 in advance; $100 at the door.
Proceeds from this year’s Claws for a Cause will be used to purchase a 12-lead EKG machine, a diagnostic tool for heart disease, heart attack and stroke, adding to the Emergency Center’s existing diagnostic imaging and laboratory services.
Located at 115 Shoreway Drive in Queenstown, the Emergency Center is a freestanding emergency facility treating patients for acute illnesses, injuries and trauma as well as minor injuries 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Emergency Center is staffed with board certified emergency medicine physicians and nurses on all shifts.
Sponsorship opportunities are still available as follows: Jumbo Blue Crab (Presenting), $10,000; Extra Large Blue Crab, $5,000; Large Blue Crab, $2,500; Medium Blue Crab, $1,000; and I Love Crab, $500. Pier Sign sponsorships – with company name printed and displayed at the event — are available for $100.
Sponsors for this year’s Claws for a Cause confirmed as of June 18 are: Extra Large Blue Crab Sponsor — Eastern Shore Emergency Medicine Physicians; Large Blue Crab Sponsors — DiDonato Property Management, Kent Island American Legion Post 278 and Queenstown Bank of Maryland; Medium Blue Crab Sponsors— American Legion Benedict Andrew Post 296, Best Care Ambulance Inc., CNB, Bobbie and Michael Cusimano, Fisherman’s Inn, Friel Lumber, Kent Island B.P.O.E. #2576, Pepsi Bottling Ventures LLC, and Tri-Gas & Oil Co. Inc.; I Love Crab Sponsors — Atlantic Broadband, Avon Dixon/Freestate and Son Insurance, Coldwell Banker-Waterman Realty, and Cvach Financial Services; Pier Sign Sponsors — Callahan’s Gas & Appliances, Colosseum Pizza, Fishergate Inc., James Real Estate Services, Pixel Print and Post, R & D Electric Company Inc., and Shore Scan Solutions.
For more information about Claws for a Cause sponsorship opportunities or purchasing tickets, contact Pat O’Shea at (410) 822-1000, ext. 5915 or email [email protected].
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