Issue No. 1943
29 Sept - 5 Oct 2022
COSTA BLANCA NORTH • EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
Linda Hall POPPY APPEAL 2022 launches in Benidorm on Saturday Oc tober 15. Toni Perez, Benidorm’s mayor and a longtime sup porter of the Royal British Le gion, will be prominent amongst those present. He will accompany District North chairman Jack Kemp, Lynda Atkins (national vice chair) and Captain Stephen McGlory, Defence Attache in Madrid. Easily recognisable in his bright scarlet coat, Wayne Campbell from the Royal Hos pital in Chelsea, will be anoth er regular at the head of the parade. District North Spain’s Poppy Appeal aims to exceed 2021’s total of €120,000 enabling the Legion to continue its vital work in delivering lifelong support to service and exser vice personnel and their fami lies. Every euro received is used in Spain where it will make a real difference, not only to service men and women, but to their families as well. So make your donation and wear your poppy with pride in the knowledge that you are supporting your local Armed Forces community, past and present. The launch will be preced ed by a short parade between
Photo credit: Royal British Legion
LEST WE FORGET
ANNUAL PARADE: Royal British Legion members march during a previous Poppy Appeal launch.
Calle Castellon on the Levante beach promenade to the Rin con de Loix. It gets underway at 1pm and will be led by the Torre vieja Pipes and Drums, along with standard bearers from Spain District North’s many branches.
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