This year the Royal Canadian Legion is offering digital poppies as a way to donate to their annual campaign.
Nujma Bond, the communications manager for the Royal Canadian Legion, explains why they decided to go digital this year.
“We did this for a number of reasons. It’s another option to donate. It’s a way of modernizing, in that so many people now, younger Canadians, and Canadians, in general, are doing a lot of transactions online. A lot of them aren’t necessarily carrying dollars and cents with them anymore. So, this allows an option. Also, if someone’s maybe abroad, or they are living in a rural area, they don’t have the same type of access to a poppy donation box, then it allows them a chance to participate in the poppy campaign as well.”
The digital poppy campaign is new for the Royal Canadian Legion.
She shares why donating either online or in person helps support veterans.
“The generous donations that Canadians make go towards a whole range of helpful initiatives for our veterans and our communities. So, for example, a veteran may need some support when it comes to money for food or prescription medication, perhaps he or she might need a medical appliance. The poppy fund helps in those situations.”
Digital poppies can be personalized with the name of a veteran or a family member.
You can find more about the digital poppy by going to mypoppy.ca.
All money raises online goes towards the national camping. No money donated for digital poppies comes back to Dauphin.
