The Red and White Ball

Dan Fraley and Amy Fraley.

Janice Waitkus, store director and community relations at Lagos, and Bob Watkins of URS Corporation.

Rachael Graham and Brian Walls.

From left: Bill Lawlor, partner at Dechert, Alissa Ingram of Fox29, and Tony Frick, member of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's board of trustees.

From left: Rosemary Connors of NBC10, Ben Cross, Jillian Mele of NBC10, Taylor Koebele and Sheena Parveen of NBC10.

From left: Joanne E. Filicko-O'Hara and Margie Kanser, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society board of trustees.

From left: Brian LeBaron and Thomas Mele, Jr.

Mara Taff and Brian Taff, both of 6ABC. Last week Brian announced on his Facebook page that they were going to be parents of twins this summer. The couple told me the due date is July 29.

From left: Julie Tokar, Laura Gallagher and Francis Gallagher, co-chair of the gala (along with Steven Lilly)

Entertainment for the evening was provided by the Eddie Bruce Orchestra.

Jeanine Linehan and Mark Carrow.

Erin O’Hearn of 6ABC, the mistress of ceremonies, spoke about how important the research LLS does, as it saved her father’s life. Her father was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease a few years ago, and thanks to a stem cell transplant he’s made a remarkable recovery to where he is now cancer free.

Gabrielle Urquhart, mid-Atlantic region vice president of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, told the guests that although today the survival rate for patients with leukemia is much better than the 3 percent chance they had 50 years ago, there is still much more work to be done.

From left: Mika Kim Harding, director of development and special events, Gregory Seitter, marketing manager, and Lauren Mallik, donor development and special events manager, all with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Jerry and Kristen Wik.

From left: Mark Branle, Rebecca Class and Dick Evans.