| July 2008 - THE ROYAL
BRITISH LEGION, WIVENHOE - 2007 Poppy Appeal
The Wivenhoe Branch, together with the Women’s Section
of the Royal British Legion, hosted a get together
for all the Poppy Appeal helpers and other supporters who helped the
branch to achieve a new record figure of £7,694.61
in 2007. Among those welcomed to the Get Together were members of the 4th & 5th Wivenhoe Brownie Packs who had arranged a sponsored silence that contributed a magnificent sum of £608.51 to the grand total. During the morning, presentations were made to seven
long serving Appeal collectors and to the members of the Brownie Packs. Last year’s appeal, nationally, raised over £30
million to assist the work of the Legion in
providing welfare assistance to serving, and ex-service personnel and
their dependants. Funds from the Appeal enable financial support to be
given covering a wide variety of needs, which included debt problems,
repairs to private accommodation, Legion
residential homes, and hospital visiting. In Robin Calvert
Back row (standing) L to R: members of 5th &
4th Wivenhoe Brownies. Both packs awarded RBL Branch Certificates of
Appreciation.
Front row (sitting) L to R: Elsie Wheeler: Charlie
Humberstone: Bob & Betty Austin: Maureen & Doug Lamb. Not in
photo Joyce Blackwood. Each were awarded 5 year certificates.
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