Poppy campaign helps raise money to support Kamloops veterans
KAMLOOPS — The poppy campaign is officially underway ahead of Remembrance Day on November 11. Last year, in Kamloops the campaign raised more than $100,000 dollars for local veterans and programs that support them.
You’ll see them stationed around Kamloops, helping raise funds and awareness for local veterans through donations for poppies, along with wreaths, wristbands and a new Indigenous pin. Every year, the campaign ensures we always remember those who served.
“It’s important that we educate everybody in Kamloops, because we still have people coming to us and say, ‘What does it mean?'” said Kamloops Legion President Daniel Martin. “Especially when you have people coming from overseas to study from TRU and they also work in the community. It happens quite often that we meet people that don’t know what the poppy is, what the legion does — so we have to educate people.”