The "Buddy”® Poppy
Program:
- Promotes
and Supports the VFW Buddy Poppy Program
The VFW conducted its first poppy distribution before Memorial Day in
1922, becoming the first veterans’ organization to organize a nationwide
distribution. The next year, the VFW decided that VFW "Buddy”®
Poppies would be assembled by disabled and needy veterans who would be
paid for their work. VFW "Buddy”® Poppies are still assembled by
disabled and needy veterans in VA Hospitals, providing compensation to the
veterans who assemble the poppies. The poppy program also provides
financial assistance in maintaining state and national veterans’
rehabilitation and service programs and partially supports the VFW
National Home For Children.
