Buy a poppy, support a veteran
You can make a monetary donation or add to their trolley of non-perishables.
The South African Legion Benoni branch, in collaboration with the MOTHS, was selling poppies for Poppy Day at various venues over the weekend.
They will be at the same venues this weekend (November 14 and 15).
Poppy Day (also known as Remembrance Day or Armistice Day) is observed annually on November 11 to honour military service members who have died in the line of duty.
The date marks the end of World War I hostilities at the “11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month” in 1918.
It is marked by two minutes of silence at 11:00, with wreath-laying ceremonies and remembrance parades.
Red poppies grew across the churned-up battlefields of the Western Front and inspired Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae’s 1915 poem “In Flanders Fields”.
Show your support by buying a red poppy to help the SA Legion raise funds for military veterans and their families.
Members of the SA Legion Benoni branch will be at the following places from 08:30 to 13:00 this weekend:
* Pick n Pay Oakfields, Northmead.
* Pick n Pay Sheridan Shopping Centre, Farrarmere.
* SuperSpar The Falls, Northmead.
* The Local Choice The Falls, Northmead.
* Heckers Garden Centre, North Rand Road.
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