{"id":76996,"date":"2019-11-02T10:34:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T14:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=76996"},"modified":"2019-11-02T15:04:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T19:04:06","slug":"huntsville-legion-kicks-off-poppy-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/huntsville-legion-kicks-off-poppy-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Huntsville Legion kicks-off poppy campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last Monday (October 28, 2019)  Huntsville councillors got a special visit from members of the Huntsville Royal Canadian Legion Branch 232 to kick off the annual poppy campaign.<\/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>The campaign takes place from the last Friday in October to November 11, Remembrance Day. Hundreds of legionnaires and cadets throughout the country distribute the poppies to businesses and organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The funds raised are held in trust at the branch level and go towards helping local veterans, including members of the RCMP and Canadian Armed Forces, and their families.<\/p>\n<p>Along with ensuring Canadians never forget the sacrifices veterans made for the freedoms we enjoy today, the Poppy Fund is used for the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grants for food, heating costs, clothing, prescription medication, medical appliances and equipment, essential home repairs and emergency shelter or assistance for veterans and their families in need;<\/li>\n<li>Housing accommodation and care facilities for veterans;<\/li>\n<li>Funding for veteran transition programs that are directly related to the training, education and support needs of veterans and their families;<\/li>\n<li>Comforts for veterans and their surviving spouses who are hospitalized and in need;<\/li>\n<li>Veterans visits, transportation and day trips;<\/li>\n<li>Accessibility modifications to assist veterans with disabilities;<\/li>\n<li>Educational bursaries for children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of veterans;<\/li>\n<li>Support of cadet units;<\/li>\n<li>Veteran drop-in centres and services in communities where veterans would benefit;<\/li>\n<li>Community medical appliances, medical training, and medical research which will assist in the care of veterans in the community;<\/li>\n<li>Support the work of legion command and branch service officers across Canada in assisting and representing veterans;<\/li>\n<li>Donations for relief of disasters declared by federal or provincial governments which impact veterans in those communities; and<\/li>\n<li>Promotion and administering of remembrance activities to ensure Canadians never forget the sacrifices of Canada\u2019s veterans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can find out more about the poppy campaign and the Royal Canadian Legion in general <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legion.ca\/remembrance\/the-poppy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox three times per week!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Monday (October 28, 2019) Huntsville councillors got a special visit from members of the Huntsville Royal Canadian Legion Branch 232 to kick off the annual poppy campaign. 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