Remembrance Day is over a week away, which means more people will be out wearing poppies.
The Royal Canadian Legion’s National Poppy Campaign launches today (Friday), and is a way of paying respect to those that made the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms we have today.
PG Legion Branch 43 President Eric Callaghan said the campaign helps veterans that come back that have physical and mental wounds.
“It is to help veterans and families that have problems. If Veterans Affairs is falling short or something, the Legion can step in as a stop gap with the poppy fund.”
“The poppy fund is strictly just for that, for the veterans and the very small parameters that it’s set up to be used for.”
The campaign leads to Remembrance Day, which Callaghan said is an important ceremony to take part in.
“Our World War 1 veterans are gone, our World War 2 veterans, there’s very few left, Korean veterans are in the same boat.”
“You got the Canadian Forces. We still have people serving all over the world right now. We have half a dozen gentlemen and ladies here in Prince George with the Rocky Mountain B Company that have just come back from tours in Europe, Iraq, Africa.
Ceremonies will begin at the PG Civic Centre at 8 a.m., and proceeding to the Cenotaph at 10:50 a.m., ending at noon.
Donations for a poppy can be done at various boxes in the city, or can also be made online here.
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