Women's Night Out

The 17th Annual Women's Night Out is October 5, 2010 at the Marriott on Wolf Road in Colonie. We expect more than 600 women of all ages to join us for an evening of shopping, dining and most importantly laughing - all to benefit Bellevue Woman's Center, a service of Ellis Medicine.

We hope you will join us.

The goal of our annual Women's Night Out is to bring women together and provide them with services and information that will help them make healthier life choices and assure their well being. The event includes a unique combination of education on women's health issues, plus dinner, shopping, and humorous and motivational entertainment designed to celebrate the women who make our community such a wonderful place to live.

This year's entertainer is the hilarious Mrs. Hughes. The first time you see Mrs. Hughes you might think, "She could be my neighbor." She's just about the last person you'd expect to see doing a comedy act. But you'll soon see that her "everyday woman" appeal is what makes her humor so memorable, relatable and downright funny. Her act is punctuated with observations on parenting, hot flashes and husbands.

Carol Hughes began her comedy career when she was forty. Mrs. Hughes' likeness and wit was featured in the "According to Carol" line of greeting cards in 100,000 stores and gift shops throughout the country. She was the comedy star for Merv Griffin's revue "Love and Kisses" in Atlantic City and "Island Fever" near Las Vegas. Mr. Griffin described Mrs. Hughes as "my new favorite funny star." Since then, she has appeared in several casino production shows and has opened for Crystal Gayle, Lou Rawls, Brenda Lee and others.

In addition to the comedy of Mrs. Hughes, the 2010 Women's Night Out will continue the tradition of presenting the annual Jane Golub Leadership in Women's Health Award. This year, plastic surgeon Patricia Fox, M.D. will be honored.

Dr. Fox is a well-respected physician and medical leader, with an impressive record of community service, locally and abroad. In addition to her more than 30 years in private practice, the board certified plastic surgeon serves as co-director of the Cleft Palate Clinic at Ellis Medicine, and has been active in medical mission work since 1995. She travels annually to the Dominican Republic to volunteer her time caring for children with cleft palates. Dr. Fox was the lead plastic surgeon for a 2005 Chinese Children's Charities' mission to provide cleft care for Tibetan orphans and she helped establish Surgeons for Underserved Nations (S.U.N.), a charitable group devoted to providing care and surgical education to underserved locations.

Women's Night Out continues to be the area's premier event to celebrate the women who make our community such a wonderful place to live, work and raise a family.

Invitations will be mailed in mid-August. If you would like to join the mailing list or want to make your reservation early, please contact Beth Frear at 518-243-3434 or use our contact form.

The Evening Itinerary

• 4:00 pm: Registration
• 4:30 pm: Living Well Expo sponsored by MVP Health Care
                 Reception with hors d'oeuvres and cash bar
                 Vendor exhibits and sales
• 6:15 pm: Welcome and Dinner
• 7:15 pm: Jane Golub Leadership in Women's Health Award presented to Plastic Surgeon Patricia Fox, M.D.
• 7:30 pm: Comedienne, Mrs. Hughes

Ticket price: $65 - open seating

RSVP by Tuesday September 21, 2010
Reservations are limited

Special thanks to the many sponsors whose generosity makes our Women's Night Out possible.