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Poppies for Remembrance Day

Nov 12, 2008 10:12

Title
Poppies for Remembrance Day

Short, concise description of the idea
Virtual Gift of a red poppy for the UK users who wear poppies to symbolise their remembrance of those who died in WW1 and WW2 and other wars since.

Full description of the ideaIn the UK, we celebrate Remembrance Sunday on the nearest Sunday to the 11th November and Armitice Day ( Read more... )

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Comments 10

koulagirl666 January 10 2009, 08:23:22 UTC

We have Remembrance Day on 11 November in Australia, too, and I believe other Commonwealth countries celebrate it too. Maybe there's a worldwide charity, or the user can select from a list of organisations when they give the gift.

charliemc January 10 2009, 09:16:23 UTC

Believe it or not, Veterans selling poppies has been popular here in the United States for as long as I can remember! I've bought many, and even have some hanging on the bulletin board of my home office where I'm currently typing this...

So I love the idea, but don't think it should be UK-only.

(And I really adore Virtual Gifts...)

joeybug January 10 2009, 17:42:05 UTC

Didn't realise they did the same in the USA, I did ask my US friends, but they told me it didn't happen there...so yeah, it could be for a worldwide charity

kayt_arminta January 10 2009, 18:02:07 UTC

We have Remembrance Day in Canada too, November 11 at 11:11 we have a minute of silence and think on those that died for what we have. A lotta countries have it, not just Australia.

joeybug January 10 2009, 18:03:32 UTC

I'm in the UK...

nakeisha January 10 2009, 09:17:14 UTC

*Nods* I'm in favour of this in general.

Although Remembrance Day is pretty much general around the world, even though it's called different things. So as the previous commentators have said, it might be better if there was a World Wide charity the proceeds could go to.

But I really love this. I'd certainly buy one for myself at the very least.

lovefromgirl January 10 2009, 16:38:15 UTC

I wear them too. I am in the US, but I still remember, so this might make a great worldwide offer, even if the money only goes to one charity in one country.

ursamajor January 11 2009, 15:59:01 UTC

I like the idea, but I know that navigating the politics of which charities fit a stringent set of requirements can be difficult. There were some criteria (not publicly linkable) that were in place to choose appropriate charities when 6A was in charge; I don't know if those have changed since SUP took the reins.