Royal Canadian Legion Branch 17

Medicine Hat, Alberta Canada

 

 

POPPY CAMPAIGN

Our Poppy Campaign is conducted from September 15th to November 11th each year.  The first day for wearing the poppy is the last Friday in October as set by dominion convention.

During the 2006 Campaign sale of wreaths and donations realized a total of over $44,000.00.  Some of these funds have been dispensed for Veterans Comforts, College Bursaries and Alta/NWT Command Poppy Fund.  Funds donated are held in a Poppy Trust and help support Canadian and Allied Verterans as well as pay for the purcahse of personal or community medical supplies and for the provision of bursaries to the children and grandchildren of Veterans.  For every donation received, a symbol of Remembrance is provided either for persoanl or public display.  These symbols inclide lapel poppies and stickers, and wreaths and crosses which are displayed or laid at cenotaphs’ and other memorials across the Country and overseas.

Total Sales and Disbursements from Poppy Funds as of Septemeber 30, 2006:

 Balance as of September 30, 2005.........................................................................

2005Campaign.......................................................................................................                       

 

Disbursements

Wreaths and Poppies...............................................................................................

Poppy Campaign Costs............................................................................................

Literary & Poster Winners.......................................................................................

Medicine Hat College Foundation Bursaries...........................................................

Veterans Assistance.................................................................................................

Medicine Hat Regional Hospital Foundation..........................................................

Alberta N.W.T. command Central Poppy Fund......................................................

Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League............................................................

Service Officer Expense..........................................................................................

Total Disbursements................................................................................................

.................................................................................................................................           

   

$7,707.35

$41,370.39

$49,077.74

  

$8,862.54

$4,614.60

$330.00

$2,000.00

$1,804.00

$16,000.00

$2,000.00

$1,500.00

$506.69

$37,617.83

$11,459.91

Our Poppy Office also house a library of Canadian and British military history, which is available for anyone to use.  We also have some VHS tapes and DVD’s.

LITERARY AND POSTER CONTESTS

Each year our Branch is part of the National Literary and Poster Contest.  Students from all schools are encouraged to enter this contest.  Students who participate in the contest assist the Legion in one of our primary goals..... fostering the Tradition of Remembrance amongst Canadians.  School children also receive a poppy each year.

2010 LITERARY AND POSTER CONTEST

We have a great team of volunteers who assist in stuffing envelopes, phoning businesses, getting trays ready for distribution, getting poppies ready for distribution to local schools, sitting at tables in the stores and malls and counting the donations as they come in.  No one in the team is paid.  We owe it to the Veterans to aid and assist them in any way we can under the strict guidelines as set forth in the Poppy Manual for Dominion Command.

 

Annetta M. Lozo

Poppy Chairman
 

 

 

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