{"id":34701,"date":"2025-12-05T19:46:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=34701"},"modified":"2025-12-05T19:46:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:46:52","slug":"poppy-appeal-donations-rise-6660-in-abingdon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=34701","title":{"rendered":"Poppy Appeal Donations Rise \u00a36,660 in Abingdon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025120502.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nDonations to this year\u2019s Poppy Appeal in Abingdon have risen by 16%, reaching \u00a347,911.25 with more still to come.<\/p>\n<p>Clare Oldfield, Abingdon Poppy Appeal Organiser, said: \u201cAt a time when people are feeling the pinch, these figures are incredible \u2013 heartbreaking and humbling. They demonstrate the generosity of townspeople and show just how much the Poppy means to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Royal British Legion Branch chairman Michael Barrett added that it had been \u201can amazing year\u201d, praising the dedicated team of collectors and the town\u2019s strong support.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025120501.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nTesco Extra raised over \u00a314,000, Waitrose \u00a310,000, and the town\u2019s sole house-to-house collector brought in more than \u00a31,000. Abingdon pubs contributed \u00a3471, and local schools added \u00a33,904. Nearby villages also made\u00a0significant contributions.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s appeal also featured a vintage military jeep, a rare 1945 ambulance, and the first Poppy Ball at the Hilton Garden Inn.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone wishing to join the Poppy Appeal team can email abingdonpoppies@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donations to this year\u2019s Poppy Appeal in Abingdon have risen by 16%, reaching \u00a347,911.25 with more still to come. Clare Oldfield, Abingdon Poppy Appeal Organiser, said: \u201cAt a time when people are feeling the pinch, these figures are incredible \u2013 heartbreaking and humbling. They demonstrate the generosity of townspeople and show just how much the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}