Jeff Green | Feb 12, 2014
Members of the Sydenham Legion Branch #496 work hard each year to sell poppies in the community, and last week the results of those efforts were marked with the donation of $2,000 each to Fairmount Home and to the Kingston Military Families Support Program.
“The money that is going to Fairmount Home will be spent on whatever is needed to improve the Veterans' lounge at the home. There are about 20 veterans living at Fairmount and it is nice that they have a lounge. If they need new couches, a TV, whatever it is, they can use this money. The military families support program runs many programs and they can always use money to help with their work,” said Jeannie Davis, the Poppy Campaign Chair at the Sydenham Legion.
The Legion decided to make the presentations so that the community can be aware of the local use that the poppy funds are put to. Jeannie Davis said that the campaign volunteers are the ones who are responsible for its success each year
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