A Special Planting for a Special Person

On Friday, Sept. 17, we joined 101 year old WWII Veteran Fred Arsenault and his family for the planting of a special tree in his honour at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, home to Fred and the largest Veterans’ care facility in the country. You may remember Mr. Arsenault as the story of his 100th birthday garnered significant media coverage in early 2020 as he wished for 100 birthday cards to mark the occasion of reaching the century mark. He ended up receiving over 90,000! Needless to say he captured the hearts of Canadians and individuals around the world, including ours.

Fred was to be our guest of honour when we unveiled a special arboretum at the same location this time last year, however, the ongoing pandemic altered those plans. Thankfully, we were blessed with a new opportunity to finally have Fred and his family join us to take part in the act of planting his tree!

(all photos courtesy of Doug Nicholson)