With Veterans Day coming up Nov. 11, Edmonds Post 8870 of Veterans of Foreign Wars will be passing out “Buddy Poppies” from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at local grocery stores this Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 5-6.
The locations are the Edmonds QFC store at Westgate, the QFC on Mukilteo Speedway and Town & Country Market in Mill Creek.The combat veterans will be offering passersby a small replica of a poppy and inviting them to wear it as a reminder of the sacrifices made by war veterans. While the poppies are free, people choose to leave donations anyway, which are used to support veterans in many ways: Holiday gifts for residents of local veterans homes, temporary housing for families of hospitalized veterans, placing wreathes on veterans’ graves, and many more activities.
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