How do you say “thank you” at Christmas time to scores of people of various economic and social backgrounds who generously contribute to a plethora of philanthropic ventures all designed to help people in need?
Put that query to Dr Grant Morris, a Bajan and a highly successful planning and development expert at his own firm and who has lived, studied and worked at his craft in Canada longer than he ever did in his birthplace and his answer would paint an interesting picture of what makes him tick. It would also explain why he is so highly regarded in and out of the urban and suburban environs of Toronto.
“I have a number of people who support the things I do annually and in this season of giving my response to their generosity is one way of saying thank you. What I do is deeply appreciated by the recipients,” he told the Saturday Sun recently as he moved around his spacious home, especially his kitchen in an upscale Toronto suburb. “They give generously during the year and I believe I should respond in a manner they embrace,” said gusto.
Actually, what Morris does during the run-up to Christmas is to bake at least 110 (last year the number jumped to 116) mouth-watering black fruit cakes, rich in ingredients, delicately placed in ziplocked plastic bags and delivered in tins to those who are fortunate enough to receive the delicacy. It is prepared by hand and with “love”, said Grant, the son of the late James Morris, a legendary educator and elementary school principal of yesteryear in Barbados. (TB)
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