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For the second year, Huntsville resident Aim\u00e9e Bulloch-Moore is leading a ceramic poppy pin fundraiser in support of Muskoka’s legions in Huntsville, Bracebridge, Bala, and Gravenhurst.<\/p>\n
The pins are handmade and glazed by high school students, and fired in the kiln. Each one has its own unique beauty.<\/p>\n
One hundred per cent of proceeds go to the legions. In 2019, 240 poppies were sold, raising $1,200. This year they hope to sell around 400 poppies to raise $2,000\u2014$500 for each legion.<\/p>\n
Bulloch-Moore teaches at Gravenhurst High School and hopes to involve students at both Huntsville High School and Bracebridge Muskoka Lakes Secondary School in the future.<\/p>\n
This year’s poppies are currently in the glazing stage and if demand warrants GHS students are prepared to make more.<\/p>\n
Last year Bulloch-Moore led pin-making sessions for students and staff but this year things look much different with COVID. Instead, she made kits, sanitized them, and left them in carts outside classrooms; students and staff followed a video tutorial she created.<\/p>\n
While it\u2019s usually art students who take on fundraisers like this, Bulloch-Moore has the whole student body participating in making poppies.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s all hands on deck. Students that have never even done art before are even making them. It\u2019s important for me to model fundraising and service to the community for my students and my children,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\t\t