Poppy Campaign & Remembrance Day Assembly

Dear families,

Please join us Friday, November 9th at 10:10 a.m. to observe Remembrance Day. Grade 1-6 students will be presenting music, artwork and poetry to honour our Veterans.

POPPIES:  Students have been asked to consider donating a loonie or toonie to support Veterans and their families. Class 6A students visited classes today to give student some information about how the Royal Canadian Legion Poppy campaign benefits Veterans and their families. We will collect donations for Veterans from Tuesday to Friday this week.  All students will receive a poppy Friday morning to wear at our Assembly. 

Use of Poppy Trust Funds – from the Royal Canadian Legion

Through your donations to the Legion Poppy Fund, the Legion provides financial assistance and support to Veterans, including Canadian Armed Forces and RCMP, and their families who are in need. Poppy Funds may be used for:

• 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
• Housing accommodation and care facilities for Veterans
• Funding for Veteran Transition Programs that are directly related to the training, education and support needs of Veterans and their families
• Comforts for Veterans and their surviving spouses who are hospitalized and in need
• Veterans visits, transportation, reading programs and day trips
• Accessibility modifications to assist Veterans with disabilities
• Educational bursaries for children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Veterans
• Support of cadet units
• Community drop-in centres, meals-on-wheels, and seniors services in communities where Veterans would benefit
• Community medical appliances, medical training and medical research which will assist in the care of Veterans in the community
• Support the work of Legion Command and Branch Service Officers across Canada in assisting and representing Veterans
• Donations for relief of disasters declared by federal or provincial governments which impact Veteran in those communities
• Promotion and administering of Remembrance activities to ensure Canadians never forget the sacrifices of Canada’s Veterans