Poppies available as of Friday
Posted Oct 30, 2015 07:40:17 AM.
Last Updated Oct 30, 2015 05:53:57 PM.
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The 2015 National Poppy Campaign was launched last week and poppies are now available.
The Royal Canadian Legion says roughly 18-million poppies are distributed across the country every year.
Funds raised goes to our veterans.
“Every year, for two weeks, thousands of Legion members volunteer their time to offer poppies and raise millions that will be provided to Veterans and their families in need,” says Tom Eagles, Dominion President of The Royal Canadian Legion. “While I am proud to be a Legion member, I am also particularly proud to see Canadians help us remember Canada’s Veterans’ both past and present who, at the call of their country, left all that was dear to them, faced danger and, much too often, passed out of sight of all Canadians through their self-sacrifice giving up their lives so that others may live in freedom,”
