19th annual Steel Toes & Stilettos Gala
Virtual Program
welcome
On behalf of the Habitat for Humanity Greater Ottawa Board of Directors and staff, we welcome you to the 19th annual Steel Toes & Stilettos Gala! We are thrilled to have you here tonight to celebrate and support building better, brighter futures through affordable homeownership.
Looking at all we’ve done in 2024, there is much to celebrate with all of you. This past summer we completed our latest affordable homeownership development, Kemptville Korners in partnership with Habitat Thousand Islands. With the completion of Kemptville Korners we achieved a tremendous milestone of over 100 families served! Soon, we’ll opening the doors to our third ReStore at 250 City Centre in Hintonburg. We look forward to being in a new community and welcoming all the local shoppers, donors and volunteers to our social enterprise retailer.
As we recognize this year’s accomplishments, we know much work lies ahead. With the help of generous supporters like you, we plan to strengthen and expand access to affordable homeownership throughout Ottawa and surrounding communities. You presence tonight delivers a powerful message of affordable homeownership as the immediate and long-term solution in addressing the current housing crisis.
For the past 19 years, Habitat Greater Ottawa Gala sponsors and donors have made this evening a tremendous success, and we are grateful for your loyal support. We hope tonight’s event inspires you and reaffirms the importance of a safe and decent place to call home.
Thank you and have a fabulous evening.
Sara Cooper
CEO, Habitat Greater Ottawa
Scott Stevenson
Board Chair, Habitat Greater Ottawa
thank you to our sponsors
presenting sponsor
hope builder sponsors
roof raiser sponsors
future framer sponsors
schedule of events
6:00p.m.-7:30p.m.
cocktail reception
silent auction
7:30p.m.
emcee: Solomon Friedman
opening remarks: Sara Cooper, CEO Habitat Greater Ottawa
7:30p.m.-8:30p.m.
dinner service
volunteer awards presentation
performance: Indigenous Experiences
8:30p.m.-9:30p.m.
family presentation
live auction
50/50 draw
closing of silent auction at 9:30p.m.
9:30p.m.-12:00a.m.
after party with DJ Spanky
menu
cocktail reception passed hors d’oeuvres
Roasted tiger shrimp with wasabi cocktail sauce
Preserved yellow beet with sundried tomato nanny noir tapenade
Truffle mac and cheese fritter
Korean plant-based meatball with shaved fennel slaw
dinner course
Pingue prosciutto wrapped chicken breast with lemon tarragon veloute, fresh sage, fingerling potato confit and market vegetables
dessert
Carrot cake with cream cheese icing and dulce de leche mousse
coffee & tea
emcee & auctioneer
Solomon Friedman is a partner at the Ottawa-based private equity firm, Ethical Capital Partners, where he also serves as VP Compliance. Solomon is also a criminal and regulatory defence lawyer, leading the firm of Friedman Mansour LLP. He also serves as an adjunct law professor at the University of Ottawa, where he teaches the Law of Evidence. In his copious spare time, he is a private pilot and small aircraft owner.
But that’s not the interesting part. Most importantly, Solomon is the father of three active teenagers – a 14-year-old son and two 18-year-old twins. Sadly, they are unanimously unimpressed with both his cross-examination and general advocacy skills. Such is life.
Solomon is active in the community, giving his time to a wide variety of causes. He is a founding director of Barristers for a Better Bytown, a registered charity, which supports local charitable initiatives benefiting the poor, mentally ill and otherwise marginalized members of our community.
live auction items
Solomon Friedman is a partner at the Ottawa-based private equity firm, Ethical Capital Partners, where he also serves as VP Compliance. Solomon is also a criminal and regulatory defence lawyer, leading the firm of Friedman Mansour LLP. He also serves as an adjunct law professor at the University of Ottawa, where he teaches the Law of Evidence. In his copious spare time, he is a private pilot and small aircraft owner.
But that’s not the interesting part. Most importantly, Solomon is the father of three active teenagers – a 14-year-old son and two 18-year-old twins. Sadly, they are unanimously unimpressed with both his cross-examination and general advocacy skills. Such is life.
Solomon is active in the community, giving his time to a wide variety of causes. He is a founding director of Barristers for a Better Bytown, a registered charity, which supports local charitable initiatives benefiting the poor, mentally ill and otherwise marginalized members of our community.
Solomon Friedman is a partner at the Ottawa-based private equity firm, Ethical Capital Partners, where he also serves as VP Compliance. Solomon is also a criminal and regulatory defence lawyer, leading the firm of Friedman Mansour LLP. He also serves as an adjunct law professor at the University of Ottawa, where he teaches the Law of Evidence. In his copious spare time, he is a private pilot and small aircraft owner.
But that’s not the interesting part. Most importantly, Solomon is the father of three active teenagers – a 14-year-old son and two 18-year-old twins. Sadly, they are unanimously unimpressed with both his cross-examination and general advocacy skills. Such is life.
Solomon is active in the community, giving his time to a wide variety of causes. He is a founding director of Barristers for a Better Bytown, a registered charity, which supports local charitable initiatives benefiting the poor, mentally ill and otherwise marginalized members of our community.
Solomon Friedman is a partner at the Ottawa-based private equity firm, Ethical Capital Partners, where he also serves as VP Compliance. Solomon is also a criminal and regulatory defence lawyer, leading the firm of Friedman Mansour LLP. He also serves as an adjunct law professor at the University of Ottawa, where he teaches the Law of Evidence. In his copious spare time, he is a private pilot and small aircraft owner.
But that’s not the interesting part. Most importantly, Solomon is the father of three active teenagers – a 14-year-old son and two 18-year-old twins. Sadly, they are unanimously unimpressed with both his cross-examination and general advocacy skills. Such is life.
Solomon is active in the community, giving his time to a wide variety of causes. He is a founding director of Barristers for a Better Bytown, a registered charity, which supports local charitable initiatives benefiting the poor, mentally ill and otherwise marginalized members of our community.
Solomon Friedman is a partner at the Ottawa-based private equity firm, Ethical Capital Partners, where he also serves as VP Compliance. Solomon is also a criminal and regulatory defence lawyer, leading the firm of Friedman Mansour LLP. He also serves as an adjunct law professor at the University of Ottawa, where he teaches the Law of Evidence. In his copious spare time, he is a private pilot and small aircraft owner.
But that’s not the interesting part. Most importantly, Solomon is the father of three active teenagers – a 14-year-old son and two 18-year-old twins. Sadly, they are unanimously unimpressed with both his cross-examination and general advocacy skills. Such is life.
Solomon is active in the community, giving his time to a wide variety of causes. He is a founding director of Barristers for a Better Bytown, a registered charity, which supports local charitable initiatives benefiting the poor, mentally ill and otherwise marginalized members of our community.