Lethbridge Legion hopes to raise $90K through annual poppy campaign – Lethbridge
Beginning on Friday, Lethbridge residents will start to see acquainted blue poppy packing containers round city forward of Remembrance Day, with a brand new QR-code donation choice.
The Common Stewart Department No.4 of the Royal Canadian Legion in Lethbridge introduced the kick off to this yr’s poppy marketing campaign, alongside representatives from the Lethbridge College Division, Lethbridge Police Service and Lethbridge Hurricanes hockey.
The legion is encouraging residents to put on their poppies from now till Nov. 11.
“We ask that the residents take time to pause and keep in mind, not simply on Remembrance Day, irrespective of the place you’re at 11 o’clock, however while you do see a poppy this yr, decide one up and put on it,” mentioned Glenn Miller, a legion and poppy marketing campaign member.
“Put on it with pleasure. They’re free (however) we gratefully settle for any donations.”
This yr, there are a number of methods to donate, together with money, on-line, faucet on a debit or bank card or by way of cell telephones. The cash goes towards supporting veterans in monetary misery, in addition to providers such medical tools, medical analysis, residence providers and extra.
The legion hopes to lift $90,000, a aim it has been setting for a number of years.
“That is simply one other instrument for us to assist make it simpler for Canadians to assist veterans,” he mentioned of the brand new QR code, which is positioned immediately on every poppy field. “Twenty years in the past, it was all by money or cheque. Society has modified.”
Remembrance Day and Veterans’ Week might be acknowledged in Lethbridge by way of a poppy flag elevating on Nov. 4, and two providers on the cenotaph and Mountain View Cemetery on Nov. 11.
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