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    Harrogate Poppy Appeal urgently searching for volunteers

    by Nina Meads Lifestyle Editor

    | 10 Oct, 2022
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    Harrogate Poppy Appeal urgently needs volunteers to deliver and collect boxes of poppies if it is to achieve its goal of returning activity to pre-covid levels.

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    Harrogate Poppy Appeal is urgently searching for volunteers to help out with the distribution and collection of poppies.

    This year organisers from the Royal British Legion aim to deliver an appeal on a similar level to pre-covid, with a full delivery schedule and street collections.

    They will be operating a poppy office and distribution centre from Harrogate fire station from October 20 for pick-up of stock and wreaths between 10am and 2pm.

    About 600 boxes of poppies need delivering from there to selected retail outlets by November 1. From November 14, the boxes will need to be collected.



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    Michael Comerford, Poppy Appeal organiser, told the Stray Ferret its number of volunteers had dwindled during covid and it was hoping to recruit about a dozen people who are able to drive around the district distributing and collecting boxes of poppies. He added:

    "We are desperate for new and old volunteers to help out in distribution and collection of retail poppy boxes from October 20 and collecting back in from Monday, November 14.
    "We are also looking for street collectors from Thursday, October 27 to Saturday, November 12.
    "We have cadets from all three services on the streets on Saturday, November 5 and 12, plus junior soldiers on the 12th."


    The Poppy Appeal will be opening Garden of Remembrance, which will allow people to place small remembrance crosses near the war memorial in central Harrogate, from 11am on Friday, October 28 and will be observing a two-minute silence on Armistice Day - 11/11/22 - with the sounding of the last post at the memorial.

    To volunteer email poppyharrogate@gmail.com or call 07935 596762.