Beginning on Friday, Lethbridge residents will start to see acquainted blue poppy bins round city forward of Remembrance Day, with a brand new QR-code donation choice.
The Normal Stewart Department No.4 of the Royal Canadian Legion in Lethbridge introduced the kick off to this 12 months’s poppy marketing campaign, alongside representatives from the Lethbridge Faculty Division, Lethbridge Police Service and Lethbridge Hurricanes hockey.
The legion is encouraging residents to put on their poppies from now till Nov. 11.
“We ask that the residents take time to pause and keep in mind, not simply on Remembrance Day, regardless of the place you’re at 11 o’clock, however whenever you do see a poppy this 12 months, decide one up and put on it,” stated Glenn Miller, a legion and poppy marketing campaign member.
“Put on it with satisfaction. They’re free (however) we gratefully settle for any donations.”
This 12 months, there are a number of methods to donate, together with money, on-line, faucet on a debit or bank card or via cell telephones. The cash goes towards supporting veterans in monetary misery, in addition to companies such medical gear, medical analysis, dwelling companies and extra.
The legion hopes to boost $90,000, a objective it has been setting for a number of years.
“That is simply one other instrument for us to assist make it simpler for Canadians to assist veterans,” he stated of the brand new QR code, which is positioned straight on every poppy field. “Twenty years in the past, it was all by money or cheque. Society has modified.”
Remembrance Day and Veterans’ Week can be acknowledged in Lethbridge via a poppy flag elevating on Nov. 4, and two companies on the cenotaph and Mountain View Cemetery on Nov. 11.
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