Korean War Veteran Mick Furnell and his wife Mavis have raised an incredible £7486 in a 2-week period as Poppy Appeal collectors at Sainsbury’s in Newport.
The husband and wife team were in store from 26th October to 7th November raising funds for Poppyscotland, Scotland’s leading charity supporting the Armed Forces community.
In addition, Sainsbury’s welcomed the Vectis Corps of Drums – which are affiliated to the Royal British Legion – to play music in the store’s foyer on Saturday 7th November.
Sainsbury’s Newport Store Manager, Paul Dyer said:
“I’d like to thank our customers for their kind donations and support every year, the Islands community has been really supportive of the Scottish Poppy Appeal. Our store looks forward to all the activity we have planned to support this fantastic cause.”
Between 12th and 24th November, customers can choose to recycle their poppies via an in-store collection point. A poppy recycling box will be available at the Sainsbury’s Newport Customer Service Desk. All collected poppies will go back to The Royal British Legion to enable them to re-use or recycle them.
Paul Dyer added:
“The Poppy Appeal was a great success this year for fundraising and we’d like to thank everyone who contributed. With this recycling initiative, we wanted to show our customers another way they can support The Royal British Legion to ensure their poppies don’t go to waste. We hope the recycling drive proves a success with our island customers”.
Photographed: Store colleagues with the Vectis Corps of Drums and Mick & Mavis Furnell (C)
