'Quite a sum' sets new poppy campaign record

Sault Ste. Marie residents donated more than $86,000 to Royal Canadian Legion Branch 25’s poppy campaign, setting a new record after a string of earlier highs several years ago.The legion collected $86,415.07 as of Jan. 2. That’s more than $14,000 more than the $72,341.03 raised in 2018 and tops the previous high of $75,524 in 2014 by more than $10,000.“It is quite a sum,” poppy campaign chair Rob Gardner told The Sault Star. “Sault Ste. Marie always seems to dig de