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Volunteers sought for local Poppy Appeal
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he Stoke Gifford Branch of the Royal British Legion (RBL) is hoping to return to having a normal Poppy Appeal this year. The branch would like to thank the public, branch members and volunteers, businesses and other organisations for their help and generosity throughout the Appeal. And, of course, thank you to the great local media who do so much to help us raise so much money and help us raise the profile of our welfare work so we can reach more people who need our help. The branch would love to repeat its previous successes for the 2021/22 Poppy Appeal. The money raised for the Poppy Appeal goes to the RBL’s Welfare Volunteers collecting at the Willow Brook Centre, Bradley Stoke [Archive image] Fund, which is used to give help and support to current and collecting tins around the area in All this requires volunteers! ex- service personnel and their many shops, businesses and retail The Stoke Gifford branch needs families. areas as well as the University of more of them to look after stalls Winter ad.qxp_Layout 16:24 Page 1 campus. ThereBSJ will be Poppies and 1 26/10/2020 the West of England during the Poppy Fortnight from
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Saturday 30th October until Saturday 13th November. If you would like to volunteer for the branch as a collector during the Poppy Fortnight, we would love to hear from you! To volunteer to collect for this year’s Poppy Appeal, please contact us by email on rblstokegifford@gmail.com or phone organiser Tony Peters on 0117 947 0775 The local Poppy Appeal launch event will be held in the foyer of Bristol Parkway Station on Friday October 29th at 2pm. The Festival of Remembrance will be in November at a date to be confirmed. Please note we are always looking for new branch members, not necessarily ex-service personnel. Do get in touch if you are interested in joining us by using the above contact details for further information. ● Facebook: @StokeGiffordRBL
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