There's still time to get your poppy before Remembrance Day.
Poppy sales continue at major stores in Cochrane over the weekend, and there's bins located on the counters of most local businesses.
Legion president Brad Ross says the funds collected go a long way towards helping local veterans and their families. Some of it is provided to assist Command with larger programs.
He says the funds generated today are as important as they were to assist veterans from the great wars.
"You know, the times have changed, and so has war, but the battles that our veterans deal with are the same, just in a different way. Trying to get these resources to these veterans is an important part of bridging that gap and letting them know there are resources available for them."
What to do with your poppy after the service
Since poppies should be removed once the Remembrance Day Service is over, the question for some is what to do with them.
Ross says when he was a cadet, they used to take their poppies and pin them on a wall inside the Legion Hall so they could be resold the following year.
"However, the poppies we have now don't last that long, so what we do as a family is lay our poppy on the cenotaph. It's just our little way of saying thanks to those that have paid the ultimate price and given us the opportunity to carry on with our lives and enjoy the opportunities we've been afforded."
At this Monday's service you'll find many people doing exactly that.