Legion to officially launch 2021 poppy campaign on Oct. 29

October 27, 2021 @ 11:59 amListowel Banner, Local News, News

Pictured from left: Barb Wakeford, Zone C3 youth education chairman, John Lowe, district youth education chairman, student Charis Vanderklippe, and Chantelle Moon, Listowel Branch 259 vice-president and youth education officer. Vanderklippe, a Wingham resident and Listowel Christian School student, finished second overall in the 2020 national Remembrance Day poster/literary contest conducted by the Royal Canadian Legion. The 2021 Remembrance Day Contest is now underway; in-school students will submit their entries at school before Nov. 17, while remote-learning students can drop their entries off at the Listowel branch of the North Perth Public Library before that date. (Submitted photo)
NORTH PERTH – With Halloween set to wrap up for another year this Sunday, the subsequent arrival of November turns the attention to Remembrance Day and the Royal Canadian Legion’s annual poppy campaign. The 2021 campaign kicks off Oct. 29 and runs until mid-November, with Listowel Legion Branch 259 volunteers reaching out to 400 local…
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