Local Celebrities Take to the Dance Floor for the Lung Association

The “Low Country Dancing with Stars” Oxygen Ball will return to the Gaillard Center on June 17. This fabulous affair will be emceed by Tessa Spencer with ABC News 4 and will include live dance performances by local celebrities, dinner, live and silent auctions led by Erin Kienzle, and special guest performances. Funds raised support the mission of the American Lung Association through health education, advocacy, and groundbreaking research.

Local celebrities have been working diligently with International Ballroom Dance Studios to prepare dances from several different dance genres. Celebrity dancers will include:

• Herbert Drayton III, Managing Partner, HI Mark Capital
• Erin Mansour, Stryke Fitness
• Mary Margaret Nelms, VP & GM, WCIV Charleston and WPDE Myrtle Beach/Florence
• Laura Patrick, Owner and CMO, Bay Street Biergarten
• Dr. John Rink, DDS, AAACD

“We are so excited to be back and to bring together this group of local celebrities from our community in such a stunning backdrop,” shares Shelley Hochman, this year’s Oxygen Ball Co-Chair. “These past two years have presented incredible challenges for everyone, but especially people who live with lung disease. The Oxygen Ball is an engaging in-person event that will provide hope to people with lung disease and lung cancer, while also funding life-saving research.”

In South Carolina, more than 653,000 people live with lung diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma. “The American Lung Association is proud to offer this unique event to our community. Proceeds from the Oxygen Ball allow us to fund life-saving research, provide community-based support programs for those living with lung disease, and advances much-needed advocacy efforts to ensure clean air for all,” shares Virginia Lawrence, Senior Vice President with First Citizens Bank and this year’s Co-Chair of the Oxygen Ball.

The Lung Association gratefully recognizes The InterTech Group Foundation as its signature sponsor and our many other sponsors, donors, and volunteers.

For more information about the Lung Association’s “Low Country Dancing with Stars” Oxygen Ball on June 17 at the Gaillard Center, and to vote for your favorite celebrity please visit CharlestonOxygenBall.org.

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About the American Lung Association

The American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through education, advocacy and research. The work of the American Lung Association is focused on four strategic imperatives: to defeat lung cancer; to champion clean air for all; to improve the quality of life for those with lung disease and their families; and to create a tobacco-free future. For more information about the American Lung Association, which has a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator and is a Gold-Level GuideStar Member, or to support the work it does, call 1-800-LUNGUSA (1-800-586-4872) or visit: Lung.org.

American Lung Association • 55 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 1150 • Chicago, IL 60601

1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Ste. 1425 North • Washington, D.C. 20004

1-800-LUNGUSA (1-800-586-4872) Lung.org