Poppy Fund Special Use Expenditures

Over$ 3 Million in 2010

• Legion Membership not a requirement.

• Assistance is offered direct – no prior approval

from Command.

• No $ limit on grants.

• Each Branch determines their own process of

approval.

• Any person who is serving or who has honourably served in the Canadian Forces and their dependents

• Merchant Navy personnel who have been awarded campaign stars or decorations and their dependents

• Ex-service personnel of Commonwealth countries and of allied countries, resident in Canada, and their dependents

• Medical training/research equipment/appliances

• Disaster relief – once declared by Federal or

Provincial government

• Drop in centers for seniors and

• Meals on wheels

Section 1110

Section 1113

Section 1108

Section 1109

Section 1107

• Housing Accommodation 1105 $185,213

• Medical Training

– Equipment Research 1106.a $ 703,524

• Drop in Centre’s

– Meals on Wheels 1106.b $ 58,657

• RCEL 1107 $ 77,030

• Monuments 1108 $ 897

• Cadets 1109 $123,435

• Veterans Meals 1110 $ 43,585

• Lifting devices in Branches 1113 $ 59,444

COMMAND CENTRAL POPPY FUND

Branches actively look for ways to

minimize their poppy fund balance at

30 September simply because they

think they are losing out by giving

15% to the Command

• Replenish Branch poppy funds

• Funds Command Service Bureau - Two Service

Officers

• School distribution - 2200 public / private

schools

• Prizes – Provincial level of the National Literary

and Poster Contest and the Youth Video

Contest.

• Funds for Important Provincial Programs like the

Veterans Transition and Trauma Counseling

Program

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