POPPY DAY FUNDS

Chronicle (Levin), 18 April 1946, Page 4

POPPY DAY FUNDS

HOW PROCEEDS ARE SPENT It is fit'ting that the gerieral public, on whose support the R:S:A; depends for the raising of funds from the annual sale of pOppieS, should be acquainted with the objects for which the fund has been established, and the purpoSe for which all thb proCeeds ate uSed. The annual appeal is conducted to raise funds in aid of returned servicemen and women of any War and their depCndants. These funds are used exclusively , for thfe befiefit oi returned servicemen and women and their dependants, and white up , to 20 per cent. of the net procfefeds from Poppy Day in any one year may be used for administration purposes, the Levin R.S.A. has always endeavoured to mak-e the total proCeeds available for distribUtion for welfare purposes, and frfee of administration costs. Before any grant is approved a most careful investigation is m'ade into all the cirCUmstahCes Oi each c%se*. While in the first year there seems to have been adequa'te efnployment and no need for assistance, there are always cases of genuine hardship adn necessity occurring, for which the ordihdry channels of relief are not available, and the public can rely on these cases receiving sympathetic and generous assistance from Poppy Day funds. Thus the citizen, in " purchasing a poppy, can . feel assured that in doing so he or she is assisting a most worthy cause, and that the contribution is greatly appreciated.