The 54th annual Bandage Ball will benefit Overlake Medical Center’s new comprehensive cancer center. The March 29 event will be at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue.

The Bandage Ball marks the official kick off of the Overlake Foundation & Auxiliaries’ $10 million campaign to raise critical funding for the $15 million state-of-the-art project. The new center will reconfigure cancer outpatient services for more seamless coordinated care, expand integrative and supportive services, enhance Overlake’s focus on patient-centered care and increase the hospital’s capacity to meet the growing needs of the Eastside community.

“The Bandage Ball represents an opportunity to expand and heighten the level of care Overlake provides its patients,” said Molly Stearns, Overlake’s vice president of fund development and executive director of the foundation and auxiliaries. “We’re committed to providing the Eastside with the highest caliber of care available, and the funds raised at this year’s event will allow us to continue to do just that.”

The Bandage Ball is expected to gather more than 800 community leaders in support of Overlake’s new cancer center. First held in 1960 to celebrate the opening of Overlake Hospital, the Bandage Ball has raised more than $10 million in the last 16 years. Last year’s event alone raised $1.1 million for the David and Shelley Hovind Heart and Vascular Center, which provides diagnostic and therapeutic services.

This year’s event will feature auctioneer Mark Schenfeld from Stokes Auction Group and be emceed by local media personality and Puget Sound Business Journal columnist Patti Payne. The event includes dinner, dancing and an auction featuring items such as trips to Tuscany, Maui and a private chef’s dinner at the Columbia Tower Club.

Tickets are $300 per person or $3,000 for a table of 10. For tickets or to volunteer, contact Jennifer Fischer at 425-688-5526 or events@overlakehospital.org. More information is available at www.bandageball.org.