AFTER raising over £21,000 in 2021 the Lymm Poppy Appeal is back and hoping to build on last year’s success.
Last year lots of village shops and businesses supported Lymm’s Poppy Appeal by displaying a Poppy in their windows.
Organisers of the appeal are delighted to say that this year it’s hoped to build on that and during the Remembrance period and they are hoping to put Poppies not just in the village but on the lamp posts along Rushgreen Road, through the village and up Eagle Brow.
The Poppy Appeal raises much-needed funds for the work the Royal British Legion engages in to help ex-service personnel and their families at times of need. In Lymm, the community last year raised over £21,000 to support that work. the team of wonderful volunteers were out collecting at the two Sainsbury’s and at the Truck Stop every day for two weeks. Local schools, churches, shops, businesses, garden centres, hotels, pubs and restaurants all displayed Poppy Boxes and collecting tins, supporting the Appeal with tremendous generosity.
Lymm’s Poppy Appeal Team Linda Monk, June Gittins and Neville Davies is now hoping that many people will also sponsor one of the Lamp Post Poppies. Sponsoring one costs £10.00. If you’d like to take part in this initiative this year then all you need to do is to contact Linda at [email protected]
The Flanders Poppy was so named after the poem, probably one of the best known of the war poems, that was written by a Canadian, John Maclare. It was a poem he wrote following the death in the trenches of a close friend who died in the area around Ypres known as Flanders. Maclare noticed how quickly the poppies grew in the fields of Flanders where previously the bodies of the men had lain. So from that day on, the Poppy has been the symbol of Remembrance, Respect, Regeneration and Hope for a peaceful future.
Linda said: “Sadly, since the end of the Second World War the world has still endured conflicts which have resulted in our service personnel being injured, sometimes that’s a physical injury but all too often it’s also that unseen injury, the mental or emotional one , which can cause so much pain, distress and hardship. Whether it’s financial, physical, mental health, housing, bereavement, employment, training, advice or guidance or those issues which are related to short-term crises, the RBL is there to provide help to that ex-service personnel and their families in times of personal need or crisis.”
To find out more about the work of the RBL go online and enter Royal British Legion . Amongst the information you’ll find there are some personal stories which are both extraordinary and humbling.
Linda added: “Please help us to help our ex-service personnel by supporting our Poppy Appeal and sponsoring one of our Lamp Post Poppies.”
