Oct 30, 2021

Anonymous donor provides shade, learning experience at CCCC

Posted Oct 30, 2021 10:01 PM
<b>Children from the Cloud County Community College Children’s Learning Center and Beth Whisler (standing at left), instructor in psychology and education, listen to Shane Kisby (right) with Republican Valley Landscape, talk about the varieties of trees that were planted on the Concordia campus Friday morning. </b>Photo courtesy CCCC
Children from the Cloud County Community College Children’s Learning Center and Beth Whisler (standing at left), instructor in psychology and education, listen to Shane Kisby (right) with Republican Valley Landscape, talk about the varieties of trees that were planted on the Concordia campus Friday morning. Photo courtesy CCCC

By SALINA POST

CONCORDIA - It was a gift with multiple benefits.

Thanks to a donation from an anonymous donor, 15 trees were planted on the Concordia campus of Cloud County Community College on Friday.

“We are incredibly grateful to the generous donor who provided the trees,” said Heather Gennette, Director of the Cloud County Community College Foundation.

Trees planted included three frontier elms, six greenspire lindens, three shademaster locusts, one river birch, and three royal prince oaks.

“This will be a beautiful addition to the college, and to have the assistance of the students and children from our daycare was very special. They will be able to come back to campus and watch the trees grow and change over the years.”

The children from the college's Children's Learning Center had the opportunity to both observe the trees being planted and to hear about the trees from Shane Kisby of Republican Valley Landscape.

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