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Fighting For Women With Fashion 2016
By Mary T. Crowder, MD, Planning Committee Co-Chair
The Women Physicians Section of the Mecklenburg County Medical
Society, in conjunction with the Charlotte Women Attorneys, held the
sixth annual Fighting for Women With Fashion event
on October 4, at the Design CenterAtrium in SouthEnd.
Proceeds from the event, more than $45,900, will
benefit victims of domestic violence in Mecklenburg
and surrounding counties through our support of the
MaryT.Crowder,MD Safe Alliance Clyde and Ethel Dickson Domestic
Violence Shelter. In the past six years, our collaborative efforts have
raised more than $250,000 for this worthy cause.
What started in the fall of 2011 as a “girl’s night out” event for the
members of our respective associations has evolved into an evening
of fashion and fun for the entire community, male and female
alike. More than 360 guests attended this year’s event and enjoyed
delicious food by Best Impressions, wine from Common Market
and beer from local breweries Triple C and Birdsong. WBTV news
anchor Maureen O’Boyle emceed the event and introduced this
year’s models. Those members of the medical profession and the
MCMS who modeled for us this year included Kara Criswell, MD,
Jessica Deane-Wyman, MD, Lisa Rentz, MD, James Appel, MD,
Josh Counihan, MD, Brian Criswell, MD, and Taylor Stone, MD.
These physicians, along with their attorney counterparts, modeled
fashions provided by Dillard’s and presented looks in casual,
business and evening attire for the fall. Kendra Scott supplied
jewelry accents, as well as an item for the raffle.
As the medical chair for our event this year, a tremendous “thank you”
to my co-chairs on the legal side, Kaylan Gaudio-Buckingham, Esq.,
and Ashley Bonomini, Esq., and all the committee members and
volunteers for their hard work and support in planning and carrying
out this year’s event. Specifically, I would like to thank my fellow
physicians on this year’s planning committee who worked to make this
event possible: Maureen Beurskens, MD,Amy Fletcher, MD, Kathleen
Hickey, MD, Kathleen Reardon, MD, and Nancy Teaff, MD. We will
be meeting soon to plan Fighting for Women With Fashion 2017 and
encourage anyone interested to join our planning committee, become
a sponsor, or sign up to model. At least, plan to join us in October 2017
for a night of fun and fashion for this most worthy cause!
We would like to wholeheartedly thank our 2016 Sponsors!
Satin Level: Carolinas HealthCare System; Moore & Van Allen; PLLC, Novant Health; Reproductive Endocrinology Associates of Charlotte (REACH); and RM Machinery, Inc.
Linen Level: Arthritis and Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas; CHS Charlotte OB/GYN Associates; Charlotte Radiology Vein & Vascular and Breast Centers; Charlotte Skin & Laser by Elizabeth
Rostan, MD; Charlotte Women Attorneys, CHS Eastover OG/GYN Associates; Dixon Hughes Goodman Wealth Advisors, LLC; Horack, Talley, Pharr & Lowndes, PA; Novant Health Maternal-Fetal
Medicine; McGuire Woods McIlween Family Law; Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, PA; Sodoma Law; and Southeast Anesthesiology Consultants.
Denim Level: Carolina HealthSpan Institute; Criswell & Criswell Plastic, Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery; Gardner Skelton, PLLC; Investor Advisory Group LLC; Jas-Am Group; Knox, Brotherton,
Knox & Godfrey; Novant Health Mintview OB/GYN; Orsbon & Fenninger, LLP; Parton Buckingham, PLLC; Pease Law PLLC; Piedmont Plastic Surgery and Dermatology; Novant Health Randolph OB/
GYN; Rech Law, PC; Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick; Williams & Fudge, Inc.; CHS Women’s Center for Pelvic Health; and World Class CME.
Friends of the Event: Dr. and Mrs. T.H. Crowder, Jr.; Laura Danile, MD; Essex Richards, PA; King Law Offices PLLC; Christopher Larkin; Maeve O’Connor, MD; Patricia P. Parker Fund; Kathleen M.
Reardon, MD; Julius Walthall, Sr.; Herb Zebrack; and Goldie Spector.
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