{"id":8551,"date":"2021-06-19T07:58:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T07:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?p=8551"},"modified":"2021-06-21T06:15:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T06:15:12","slug":"poppyscotland-prizegiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?p=8551","title":{"rendered":"Poppyscotland Prizegiving"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday was a day for celebration as Poppyscotland arrived to present our Pineapple Squad (Izzy White, Ava Lily Orr-Ewing and Maya McNeill) with their prize for winning the National Fundraising in Action<\/em> category of Poppyscotland\u2019s national competition.\u00a0 The girls took the initiative to create and sell hand-made crafts to raise money in support of Poppyscotland and won in a national polling vote of entries.<\/p>\n

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Poppyscotland was created 100 years ago to raise funds to support the needs of veterans and their families living in Scotland. Our partnership schools always honour Remembrance Day; learning about the sacrifices of men and women, both in times of war and in their peacekeeping duties today.<\/p>\n

By kind permission from Dumfries and Galloway Council, the children had the opportunity to visit Poppyscotland\u2019s travelling Bud Bus at Lagwinnan.\u00a0 This bus is a mobile exhibition truck that provides an interactive learning experience about the heritage and work of Poppyscotland.\u00a0 Members of our community took great interest in the bus.\u00a0 Laura and John, who facilitated the exhibition, remarked on how friendly and welcoming everyone has been to the during their visit.<\/p>\n