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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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