So many of us are getting older, we just don't want to do it anymore. When Lance was 12, she and a friend went out to distribute the poppies on the streets. We don't sell them, we only ask for a donation. Everything we do, we do for the veterans. Others will be at businesses such as Dillons, Ron's IGA, First State Bank and Trust, Commerce Bank, Otto's Cafe and Harry's Cafe.
Many people wear the poppies as a remembrance of vets.
However, according to Lance, others make wreaths and crosses out of the poppies to place on graves. Still others make corsages or tiny bouquets to go into caskets. At the state convention, there is a contest between auxiliaries to see which can decorate a hat the best using the poppies. Although most of the funds raised through the poppy sales goes back to vets who make the poppies, the auxiliary does keeps some of the proceeds to help out with some of their own projects. For example, the auxiliary sends money and gifts to the veterans hospital in Winfield.