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The Bollywood theme for this year’s Canadian Tire Snowsuit Fund Gala was as sensational as the plot lines typically featured in the Hindi film industry.
Fabulous fabrics and a curtain of carnations welcomed some 300 guests, many adorned with bangles and bindis, as they arrived Saturday to the Fairmont Chateau Laurier. There were henna artists painting exotic designs on gala-goers’ hands, Bollywood dancing in the ballroom and an elaborate dinner prepared by hotel executive chef Louis Simard and his team, featuring palak paneer, butter chicken and cauliflower and potato curry.
Photos: Canadian Tire Snowsuit Fund Gala
Some 300 guests, many adorned with bangles and bindis, arrived Saturday to the Fairmont Chateau Laurier for the Snowsuit Fund fundraiser. Organizers were hoping to net $75,000 for the local charity and its efforts to provide snowsuits to more than 16,000 needy children and youth this winter.
The $250-a-ticket gala was co-chaired by Snowsuit Fund board members Valerie Hammell from Canadian Tire with Acting Supt. Mark Ford from the Ottawa Police Service. Organizers were hoping to net $75,000 for the local charity and its efforts to provide snowsuits to more than 16,000 needy children and youth this winter.
Ottawa Senators general manager Pierre Dorion was among the attendees of the gala, which was MCed by Snowsuit Fund past board chair and TV host Lianne Laing. Radio personalities Carter Brown and Sandra Plagakis dressed in their Bollywood best as the live auctioneers.
New board chair Taryn Gunnlaugson from BMO Private Banking spoke about her own experience of volunteering at the Snowsuit Fund depot last November, and the joy she felt as she helped the children of a new family to Canada — fresh from a refugee camp — get ready for their first winter in Ottawa. They didn’t know what they were in for, she told her audience as it knowingly chuckled along (you could almost feel the Arctic air moving in, at that point).
“The family left the depot that day with big smiles on their faces and they were so appreciative, so thankful,” said Gunnlaugson. “The father had to have thanked me at least 20 times.”
Carolyn001@sympatico.ca
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Fabulous fabrics and a curtain of carnations welcomed some 300 guests, many adorned with bangles and bindis, as they arrived Saturday to the Fairmont Chateau Laurier. There were henna artists painting exotic designs on gala-goers’ hands, Bollywood dancing in the ballroom and an elaborate dinner prepared by hotel executive chef Louis Simard and his team, featuring palak paneer, butter chicken and cauliflower and potato curry.
Photos: Canadian Tire Snowsuit Fund Gala
Some 300 guests, many adorned with bangles and bindis, arrived Saturday to the Fairmont Chateau Laurier for the Snowsuit Fund fundraiser. Organizers were hoping to net $75,000 for the local charity and its efforts to provide snowsuits to more than 16,000 needy children and youth this winter.
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Guests arrived to the Fairmont Chateau Laurier on Saturday, November 12, 2016, to find the entrance to the Canadian Tire Snowsuit Fund Gala draped with colourful fabrics and hanging carnations for its Bollywood-themed event. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Ottawa Police Service director Randy Mar, Insp. Murray Knowles, Supt. Scott Nystedt and Acting Supt. Mark Ford at the Canadian Tire Snowsuit Fund Gala held at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier on Saturday, November 12, 2016. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Liane Cote from E & J Gallo Winery Canada with Dr. Nicole Scherling and Tami Varma at the Bollywood-themed Canadian Tire Snowsuit Fund Gala held at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier on Saturday, November 12, 2016. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Valerie Hammell, Canadian Tire, with her gala co-chair, Acting Supt. Mark Ford, Ottawa Police Service, and Taryn Gunnlaugson, BMO Private Banking, at the Bollywood-themed Canadian Tire Snowsuit Fund Gala held at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier on Saturday, November 12, 2016. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
This year's Canadian Tire Snowsuit Fund Gala held at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier on Saturday, November 12, 2016, featured a Bollywood theme. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Maryse Sylvain gets a henna design on her hand from Mandeep Bhamra at the Bollywood-themed Canadian Tire Snowsuit Fund Gala held at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier on Saturday, November 12, 2016. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Vik Dilawri and his wife, Pam, were guests of Harry Mews of Myers Automotive Group, and his wife, Joanne, at the Canadian Tire Snowsuit Fund Gala held at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier on Saturday, November 12, 2016. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Jennifer McBride, Christine Presley, Azhra McMahon, Lesley Holmes, Mona Murphy and Susan Dennison, all with Tim Hortons, at the Canadian Tire Snowsuit Fund Gala held at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier on Saturday, November 12, 2016. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Carter Brown and Sandra Plagakis from 105.3 Kiss FM got into the spirit of the Bollywood theme for this year's Canadian Tire Snowsuit Fund Gala held at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier on Saturday, November 12, 2016. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Ottawa Senators general manager Pierre Dorion, CTV Ottawa Morning host and Snowsuit Fund past chair Lianne Laing, and Brad Weir from the Ottawa Senators Foundation at the Canadian Tire Snowsuit Fund Gala held at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier on Saturday, November 12, 2016. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Taryn Gunnlaugson, chair of the Snowsuit Fund board, with Fairmont Chateau Laurier executive chef Louis Simard at the Canadian Tire Snowsuit Fund Gala held Saturday, November 12, 2016. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Dr. Maheen Ahmed and Shahab Khan were among the 300 attendees of the Bollywood-themed Canadian Tire Snowsuit Fund Gala held at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier on Saturday, November 12, 2016. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Chris Kincaid and Don Masters of Mediaplus Advertising at the Bollywood-themed Canadian Tire Snowsuit Fund Gala, held at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier on Saturday, November 12, 2016. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Snowsuit Fund board members Krista Kealey, Ottawa International Airport Authority, and Andrea Gaunt, Export Development Canada, at the local charity's annual gala held at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier on Saturday, November 12, 2016. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
The $250-a-ticket gala was co-chaired by Snowsuit Fund board members Valerie Hammell from Canadian Tire with Acting Supt. Mark Ford from the Ottawa Police Service. Organizers were hoping to net $75,000 for the local charity and its efforts to provide snowsuits to more than 16,000 needy children and youth this winter.
Ottawa Senators general manager Pierre Dorion was among the attendees of the gala, which was MCed by Snowsuit Fund past board chair and TV host Lianne Laing. Radio personalities Carter Brown and Sandra Plagakis dressed in their Bollywood best as the live auctioneers.
New board chair Taryn Gunnlaugson from BMO Private Banking spoke about her own experience of volunteering at the Snowsuit Fund depot last November, and the joy she felt as she helped the children of a new family to Canada — fresh from a refugee camp — get ready for their first winter in Ottawa. They didn’t know what they were in for, she told her audience as it knowingly chuckled along (you could almost feel the Arctic air moving in, at that point).
“The family left the depot that day with big smiles on their faces and they were so appreciative, so thankful,” said Gunnlaugson. “The father had to have thanked me at least 20 times.”
Carolyn001@sympatico.ca
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