No limit to giving for Thomas Shura December 20, 2020
A spruce tree donated by a retired Catholic teacher is helping to make Christmas in Kenora in northern Ontario a little merrier.
The 43-foot evergreen was placed on Main Street this holiday season thanks to Thomas Shura, who grew the tree in his backyard.
“I planted that 33 years ago and I nurtured it with water, black soil and so on,” said Shura. “There’s a slant at the back of my property towards that tree so it’s got its moisture and the nutrients of the soil. I decided that others were helping out with the donation of spruce trees for the City of Kenora and I thought, well, I better do it this year and that’s what I did.”