"Shepherd Book once said to me, If you can't do something smart, do something right." ~ Jayne Cobb (Serenity, 2005)
What I do in my "spare time"
Shinny of Champions
BLAST - Beer League Adult Skills Training
California Browncoats
Alberta Browncoats Society
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Poppy count charitable donation grand plan
Each year since returning to Canada full-time in 2007, I have counted the poppies I see people wearing from the day the poppy campaign begins until 11am on November 11th. I'd tally up the count, donate 0.10$ per poppy, and send a cheque to a local veterans organization.
It used to be a sizeable donation.
In recent years, I've noticed my poppy count decreasing. I worry sometimes that people have begun to forget the past. I worry that we will soon relive their horrors in our future.
I don't base my donation on poppy counts anymore. And I no longer wait until Remembrance Day arrives to make them.
I am changing too. Hopefully, for the better.
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Poppy pots are being stolen throughout Calgary. The poppy fund is a major source of revenue for the Legion and provides support for veterans and their families.
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November 8th, 2006 at 2:43 pm
Its unfortunate that this happens every year. I hope that when they catch the individuals resposible that they are brought to justice and forced to volunteer in a veterans hospitol to show them where the money was suposed to go.