Judy Walsh, Poppy Appeal organiser, expressed: “We’d really like to say thank you to all the people who came and supported us”.
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Andrea Marr, of business TL Cobbold, is organising this year’s Royal British Legion-backed appeal and would like to hear from anyone who can spare a few time to help raise funds.
“We are proud of them and we certainly would love help with this 2015 appeal to assist us in keeping up this remarkable total and to keep this tiny branch alive”.
Millie Mackintosh poses in a dress lined with 100 silk poppies as she fronts this year’s Remembrance Day Appeal.
The origins of the Poppy Appeal and the meaning of the British Legion were discussed with lively responses and questions from the Brownies and Rainbows.
A century on from the start of that conflict, the charity is still helping today’s armed forces families in much the same way, whether coping with bereavement, living with disability or finding employment.
“Every year, I wear my poppy to remember him and the sacrifices he and everyone in the Armed Forces have made”.
The generosity of the British public helped the Legion answer over 450,000 calls for help in the previous year.
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The money raised from the poppy appeal goes towards the Legion’s work with current serving personnel, veterans and their families, including innovative dementia care, theatre recovery projects, world-leading research on blast injury studies, and Legion-owned seaside break centres.
