Laurel and Vincent will be handing out poppies on Saturday, November 1 and 8, at Pick n Pay in Hutten Heights and Pioneer Park.

Funds raised through poppy donations have long supported former soldiers who returned from the battlefield with life-changing injuries, including the loss of limbs, blindness, hearing loss caused by blasts, and those living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

When the Mothwa ladies first read the poem In Flanders Fields, they were inspired to create red poppies as a symbol of remembrance and to support the wounded, as well as to honour those who never returned home.

Mothwa Laurel and Legionaire Vince Nixon will once again be offering poppies on Saturday mornings at the Pick n Pay stores in Hutten Heights and Pioneer Park.

A donation of R20 or more for a poppy will enter you into a draw to win a delicious fruit cake.

However, any contribution is appreciated.

The public is also invited to join the Remembrance Day parade on Sunday, 9 November.

The procession will start at 10:30am from the Moth Shellhole and move to the old cemetery in town, where you may place your poppy on the cenotaph in memory of loved ones who did not return.

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