Today is National Tree Day and the Launch of the Rotary Friendship Tree Ornament. This launch was intended to be in King Edward Park this morning with school children attending, however, due to the rain, we are inside with a smaller gathering. The ornament is a stylized pine tree created by Hoselton Studios. It will be the first of a series of tree decorations. It comes with some pine seeds with instruction how to plant, and some Rotary info. It will be sold through Rotary contacts with the Rotary Club of Brighton as the distributor. A portion of all sales will go to the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Jan Hoselton introduced Professor Elwood Pricklethorn, The Professor's day time job is an arborist with Metro Toronto. He is an international Arborist, but a self proclaimed Professor. |