Poppy Manual

GLOSSARY
Affiliate Members
Persons who are Affiliate Members are not eligible to receive
Poppy Trust Fund assistance.
Allied Forces
This term applies to persons who are serving or have served
with Canada’s allies during war.
Associate Members
Persons who are Associate Members are not eligible to receive
Poppy Trust Fund assistance. The only exception is those
persons who are residing with their parents, they are wholly
dependant upon them for support and they are not receiving
welfare assistance, a pension from any government source,
or funds from employment insurance, manpower training or
similar government program. There are few, if any, Associate
Members who meet this criteria.
Branch
This term means a body of persons fulfilling the
qualifications of membership who, having made petition
to the proper Provincial Command or, in the case of
independent branches, to Dominion Command, have been
granted a charter by Dominion Command.
Branch Service Officer
A Branch Service Officer is an individual who has been
appointed by his or her branch and who on a voluntary basis
acts to assist Veterans and their dependants to meet their
needs in the context of Veterans programs and benefits,
engaging the assistance of the Command Service Officer(s)
or appropriate Veterans Affairs Canada personnel to do so.
Bursary
A bursary is a grant provided to further the education of the
children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of persons
defined in Subsection 101.d. of the General By-Laws.
Call To Remembrance
This program is based on a quiz show format with questions
testing competing students’ Remembrance and history knowledge.
Charities
Poppy Trust Funds are not permitted to be donated to charities.
See “Special Use Expenditures” for further clarification.
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