A night out for women’s heart health

Heart recipient Taylor Clarke, right, walks down the runway with her health care champion at last year”™s Girls Night Out.

A lot of attention is focused on women”™s heart health in February, and a Feb. 9 event at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown is being billed as providing a fun-filled evening that will warm your heart while benefiting the Heart and Vascular Institute at Westchester Medical Center.

The event is called Girls Night Out and its organizers say it”™s “one of the best kept secrets in Westchester.” WMC Health Network”™s Girls Night Out invites guests to eat, drink, shop and laugh with friends and then settle back for a program emceed by WCBS-TV news anchor Mary Calvi.

Girls Night Out features the stories of women who overcame the odds in their battle against heart disease. During the event, they”™re reunited with the health care champions who made their recoveries possible. Specialty boutiques are set up at the Marriott for shopping and there”™s a raffle and silent auction. Tickets are available through foundation.westchestermedicalcenter.com/girls-night-out.