{"id":39169,"date":"2017-10-25T06:01:57","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T10:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=39169"},"modified":"2017-10-24T17:13:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T21:13:21","slug":"council-helps-kick-off-poppy-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/council-helps-kick-off-poppy-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Council helps kick off poppy campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dreary November is just around the corner, but a bright red poppy will be seen on many lapels as Canada prepares to celebrate Remembrance Day &#8211; that bittersweet occasion when we are reminded how lucky we are to still live in a free country and how unfortunate we are that the cost of that freedom has been so high.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>We will symbolically stand with our Veterans by wearing a poppy, lay wreaths at cenotaphs throughout the country to remember those who have died and say a little prayer for them and thank them for their sacrifice as we observe a moment of silence.<\/p>\n<p>The poppy campaign officially starts on Friday, October 27 and raises funds to help Veterans and their families.<\/p>\n<p>Huntsville councillors got a head start at their October 23 council meeting as members of the local Huntsville Royal Canadian Legion Branch 232 visited the council chamber and pinned councillors and municipal staff with a poppy.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the poppy campaign at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legion.ca\/remembrance\/the-poppy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legion.ca<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! 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