VFW Buddy Poppy
Find raising to help needy veterans
Stay tuned for the 2023 Poppy Drive story.
May 20, 2022: Brainerd VFW and Auxiliary volunteers offered Buddy Poppies on street corners May 20 and 21, 2022. Poppy displays went to businesses which donated in May. 100% of the money goes to needy and disabled veterans. The Brainerd VFW pays the cost of materials.
Brainerd VFW members putting together Poppy cards March 30, 2022
Letter below is from May 2021:
2019 Poppy Campaign
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2020 Poppy Campaign
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Buddy Poppies are the official memorial flower of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. Donations for poppies started in 1922 to help disabled veterans. Poppies are assembled by disabled veterans in VA Hospitals.
All expenses are paid locally by the Brainerd VFW, then 100% of the money raised goes to needy veterans locally. 2019: Brainerd VFW members, including Maurey Mogensen, Dawn Garin, Bob Marsh, Tim Brastrup and Mark Persons, asked for donations from local businesses in May. In return, businesses received a display telling customers they support veterans. Mark was also heard on six local radio stations telling about the program. |
 John McCrae
1872 - 1918
In Flanders Fields BY JOHN MCCRAE
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. |
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Donate and wear a Buddy Poppy proudly. It is the right thing to do. Photos below is from 2016 - 2019: |
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Thanks to the volunteers, citizens and businesses who contribute to make this program a success for helping disabled and needy veterans. 100 percent of the money goes to help veterans. |
