My VFW Post (7032) will be having our annual Buddy Poppy drive at several stores in town this coming weekend, to include Wal-Mart and K-Mart, the USPS main branch, several grocery stores, etc. We could have it at Lowe's as well, but we don't have enough members in the post and auxiliary. I don't know about national policy for Lowe's and/or WalMart, but the local store's in eastern NC sure support the VFW as well as other veterans organizations (I see the VVA at my local Lowe's every six months). Lowe's has made huge donations to several ARNG units and their families during OIF/OEF deployments too.


One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
Archibald Rutledge