Every year, the Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Campaign sees millions of Canadians wear a poppy to honour those who serve and those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.
The campaign always launches on the last Friday of October, with this year’s beginning on Oct. 25 and running until Nov 11.
Joanne Geddes, a district commander with the Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of the Royal Canadian Legion, says this year’s campaign is great because it offers even more time to raise funds.
“The funds go to veterans, their families and communities,” she said during an interview on CTV Morning Live Atlantic. “We do a lot of transition veterans’ programs for transitioning into civilian life, things like service dogs for veterans, VetBuild which is where they do models, coffee breaks, buddy checks, all sorts of things like that. We have the veterans farm project here in Nova Scotia.”
The Royal Canadian Legion says close to $20 million is donatedduring the campaign each year. Geddes says in her branch alone they usually …