KENNEBUNK — The 10th annual Go Red For Women event for York County is scheduled for Sept. 23 at On the Marsh Bistro in Kennebunk.
This American Heart Association event is aimed at raising both awareness and funds to combat cardiovascular diseases and stroke in women.
Barbara Conda, vice president and branch manager at Bangor Savings Bank, is the 2014 event chairwoman and has set a goal to raise $30,000. The event begins at 4 p.m. with educational break-out sessions, a silent auction and exhibitors. For dinner, attendees will enjoy a meal with a menu created by award-winning Executive Chef Jeffery Savage. Guests will be asked to wear their most creative hat in line with the evening’s theme, “Mad Hatter: Be the Queen of Your Own Heart.”
Dinner will be followed by a speaking program emceed by Channel 8 WMTW anchor Tracy Sabol. The program will include a congenital heart disease survivor as the guest speaker, as well as the 2014 Crystal Heart honoree presentation to Dr. Naomi Gauthier, a local pediatric cardiologist.
Dr. Erin Rafferty, a cardiologist with York Hospital, will provide a presentation on heart health. A graduate from Dartmouth College and the New York University School of Medicine, Rafferty completed her residency and cardiovascular medicine fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston, and is board-certified in internal medicine.
Members of the event’s 2014 executive leadership team include: Sarah Bowie, Nola Cady, Barbara Conda, Teresa Drown, Nancy Ergmann, Renee Fahie, Stephanie Gildart, Michelle Goldsmith, Bobbie Gray, Lucie Hannigan, Rhonda Hebert, Laura Huddy, Tammy Lane, Tabetha Leach, Sara Littlefield, Karyn MacLeod, Paulette Millette, Joanie Monteith, Marybeth Munroe, Lisa Randalll, Denny Rubin, Sarah Szechenyi, Teresa Thompson and Dena Tufts.
Tickets are $65 per person.
To purchase tickets or for more information, call 879-5700 or visit http://yorkgored.heart.org.
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