ARCHIVED - Camposol Sector D Community and Gardening Group Poppy Appeal

Help needed to create a Remembrance Memorial display for the fallen and families of past and present conflicts

Camposol Sector D Community and Gardening Group is planning its autumn programmes and an important date is Remembrance Sunday in November and the events leading up to it. Each year the group creates a memorial to those who lost their lives in defence of our country. This year is also poignant as the devastating war in Ukraine continues.

The aim is to create a display that properly reflects the sacrifice of the fallen and families impacted by war. This year the group want to enhance the display by creating a memorial based on a stream of poppies cascading from a crucifix. To create the memorial, poppies will be purchased from the British Legion in the UK supplemented by poppies crafted from the bottom of plastic bottles and painted red. See image for the before and after effect.

This is where you come in, we need lots of plastic bottle bottoms, all you have to do is carefully cut off the bottom of your plastic bottles including, pop bottles, milk bottles, orange juice etc, pop them into a plastic bag and when you have collected enough, 20 to 30 per bag is ideal, leave them at the Sector D Community hut on Avenida de los Covachos near the junction with Calle Albaida any day or when you donate to the Community Group on a Friday morning. When we say lots we are targeting 1,000 bottoms, we know you can do it.

We also want to highlight the memorial using red LED lighting, so if you have a spare set or would like to donate money to purchase them please give your donation or lights to the collection team on a Friday morning.

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