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To Our Esteemed Comrades, your Family and Friends

Poppy Campaign 2021

We Need You!

Further to the message from the Poppy Chair last month. I am reaching out to you again to request your assistance with the 2021 Poppy Campaign. We are limited in what we can do because of covid protocols. This includes the elimination of hundreds of cadets that would normally participate in our poppy campaign. So we need you more than ever!

A Volunteer on the Poppy campaign need not be a Veteran or even a member of the Legion! Your family, friends and business associates can also participate.   Here are the jobs we are looking to fill:

1.        Business route drivers and helpers.

2.        School Route Drivers

3.        Money Sorters. 

If you, or someone you know, is willing to assist please contact me directly or sign in on the Poppy Volunteer Sheet currently located on the bar. 

Dear Comrades

Please find below a list of events with respect to the Remembrance season this year in Brampton.

1. Friday October 29^th – The 2021 Poppy Campaign commences. Please contact me directly to volunteer
2. Friday October 29^th – 10:00am Poppy Flag Raising Ceremony – City Hall. Space is limited so please contact me if you wish to attend.
3. Saturday November 6^th– The Annual Remembrance Dinner will be held at the Branch with a 6:00 pm arrival time and starting at 6:45 pm. Tickets are $15 per person (Veterans are free). Tickets will be available at the bar after the Thanksgiving weekend. Because our space is limited, once the tickets have sold out, there will be no further tickets issued as we will have reached our maximum capacity.
4. Sunday November 7^th – The Annual Candlelight Vigil – Gage Park – 7:00pm for a 7:30 start. (Because of covid protocols there will be no seating provided for this 30 minute service)
5. Thursday November 11 – Sunrise service – Meadowvale Cemetery – 7:30am for an 8:00 am start. This service will be entirely outdoors and there will be no seating provided. The Service is approximately 40 minutes in length.
6. Thursday November 11- The City of Brampton Annual Remembrance Day Parade and Service will be live but not open to the Public. (It will be live streamed for Public viewing ) We have 10 spots available for the Parade and 15 spots available for the seated area for the service. Transit buses will transport you from the Branch to either the Rose Theatre for the parade or City Hall for the service. (Last bus will leave the Branch at 10:00am) Please contact me if you wish to attend either marching in the Parade or attending the Service. Priority will be given to Veterans.

Masks Must be worn at all events whether they are indoors or outdoors. For all functions at the Branch, including the after parade reception on November 11^th, you must show proof of full vaccination with government issued ID to gain entry to the Branch, as per government regulations. 

Yours in Comradeship

Henry F. Verschuren CD

Parade Commander and

Government and Community Liaison

Maj. Wm Dwight Sharpe Branch 15

Royal Canadian Legion, Brampton

henryver@rogers.com / 416 564-3126