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Vol. 17, No. 51, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 www.LamontLeader.com
A young girl pins a poppy onto a styrofoam cross for the No Stone Left Alone portion of the Remembrance Day service in Lamont on Friday. The program, which aims at increasing youth involvement in Remembrance Day by having students place a poppy on the headstones or crosses of fallen soldiers, began nationally in 2011 and the town of Lamont participated for the first time this year. Photo: Jana Semeniuk
Over 300 attend Lamont Remembrance Day service BY JANA SEMENIUK The town of Lamont welcomed over 300 people into their Remembrance Day indoor service where they hosted, for the first time, the No Stone Left Alone program which aims at including youth into Remembrance Day
events. The program, which began in 2011, supports youth involvement by having children place a poppy on the headstones or crosses of fallen soldiers. Currently the NSLA program runs across Canada, in addition to three
sites internationally. During the Lamont Remembrance Day service, 28 children ages two to 12 years old, lined up to place a poppy onto a styrofoam cross, made by members of Family and Community Support Services (FCSS), then place the
crosses together on a display. Towards the end of the service, the children lined up again to place poppies on wreathes that were spread in front of the stage. Continued on Page 15