Emergency Preparedness Night at Saturday’s Shorebirds game

A local baseball team is hoping to help the community learn to deal with life’s curve balls.

The Delmarva Shorebirds and Dorchester, Somerset, Sussex, Wicomico and Worcester counties will be hosting Emergency Preparedness Night on August 29, at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium. The Shorebirds will be playing the Hickory Crawdads at 7:05 PM.

The theme for this year’s event is Don’t Wait. Communicate. Make Your Emergency Plan Today.” On hand will be representatives from local health departments, emergency management agencies, and volunteer organizations. They will have booths set up promoting emergency preparedness, before and during, the baseball game.

The event is co-sponsored by the health departments and emergency management offices of Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester Counties, Ocean City and the Maryland and Delaware Offices of Emergency Management.