Guests at The Gym in Armonk are usually focused on biceps, triceps and abs. At Tuesday night's Taste of the Towns, visitors traded their sneakers for high heels and shifted their attentions to breasts and ovaries.

In an effort to spread awareness about breast and ovarian cancer and to lend monetary support to The Support Connection, a Yorktown-based non-profit that aids those who suffer from the disease, The Gym invited 47 vendors and approximately 500 people to enjoy a night of meeting, greeting and eating in a sea of pink.

Renee Palompelli, the spa manager and a salesperson at The Gym, came up with Taste of the Towns "as an idea to bring other locations to get to know [The Gym]. I just wanted everyone to know that we existed." Losing her mother and aunt to breast cancer inspired Palompelli to expand her idea for a get together into a fundraiser. The Gym hoped to raise around $20,000 dollars.

Before the event, money was raised through ticket sales and vendor charges. At the event, tickets were sold at the door and items were bid on at a silent auction. Auction items included things such as tickets to events, gift certificates to restaurants, a signed Eli Manning football (which sold for $235), a signed Shaquille O'Neill basketball (which sold for $85), and a meet and greet with Michael Kay (which sold for $350). Vendors filled The Gym's basketball court and hallways offering appetizers, drinks, desserts, and various inedible treats to passerby.

Numerous businesses from Westchester, in particular from Mount Kisco and Chappaqua, helped out at the event.

The event was supposed to kick off at 6 p.m., but minutes before the official start time, treats were already missing from Armonk's BeasCakes' tower of chocolate, gold and red velvet cupcakes. Mount Kisco's La Tulipe Desserts also sweetened the evening with fresh mini fruit tarts and a replica of its now famous Chelsea Clinton wedding cake. Grand Prix New York served up three seviches and Silver Spoon Catering provided its signature baked brie and artichoke vegetable leek dip. The food literally started before guests even entered the building; Cooking with Fire set up a brick oven on The Gym's front sidewalk and greeted people with fresh miniature pizzas.

Although the food took center stage, other vendors such as Plants and Things, which supplied all of the evenings' flowers, added to the evening's excitement. Bringing the purpose of the evening back into focus, Paulo's Atelier applied pink hair extensions to interested heads; each extension donated $10 to The Support Connection.

Each vendor filled a different niche, but they all showed up to support the cause. Actor Danny Aiello, whose appearance was used to entice people to attend the event, recently lost his son to pancreatic cancer. Aiello stated that "it is a cause that should be paid attention to" and hoped that his "being [at the event] is bringing some attention to what is going on."

Katherine Quinn, the director of The Support Connection, was sure that even if, throughout the evening, peoples' minds were not concentrated on cancer, a strong after effect is guaranteed. "I don't think tonight people are discussing exactly what we do," Quinn said. But added that "There is an awareness that [Support Connection] is around." All of the evening's proceeds will go directly to The Support Connection.