Edmonds Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8870 will conduct its annual Buddy Poppy fund drive from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 25 and 26, at three Edmonds grocery stores.
Veterans will be manning tables in front of QFC at 22828 100th Ave. W., TOP Food and Drug at 21900 Highway 99 and Safeway at 23632 Highway 99. The VFW Ladies Auxiliary will conduct a poppy drive the same time and dates at Central Market, 15505 Westminster Way N., in Shoreline.
The Buddy Poppy drive is entirely volunteer driven and 100 percent of the funds taken in assist needy veterans locally and in Washington’s two veterans hospitals, according to Phil Sacks, senior vice commander of VFW Post 8870.
The poppies recall those immortalized in the World War I poem “In Flanders Fields.” They are made by disabled veterans who sell them for a source of income, Sacks said.
For information on the Buddy Poppy Fund or VFW Post 8870, contact Sacks at 425-741-7311 or psacks@aol.com.
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