Editor:
This year’s Poppy Campaign begins on Oct. 25 and concludes on Nov. 11.
The Tsawwassen Branch 289 of the Legion has conducted the annual Poppy Campaign in our area since 1994, and the local population and businesses have been consistently generous with donations to our Poppy Fund.
The fund is used to assist veterans or their dependents in need, programs to assist veterans, bursaries for veterans’ family members who need financial assistance for further education, also for prizes for our annual poster, literary and video school contests.
We have also donated money for equipment to local care homes, which have veterans as residents and to our local hospital foundation.
Branch 289 has donated more than $26,000 in the recent past to many of these causes, as well, as contributing to the cadets of our local 828 Hurricane Squadron.
Please look out for our Poppy taggers or the many local businesses who agreed to have Poppy boxes at their counters. Donate and wear your Poppy with pride as the symbol of Remembrance.
Tanya MacNeill/President RCL Branch 289
