Scugog: nearly 10,000 hand-knit poppies drape municipal office for Remembrance Day

Nearly 10,000 hand-knit poppies, attached to netting, drape the entrance to Scugog's municipal office in Port Perry, with poppies also adorning the cenotaph by the entrance, DurhamRegion.com reports.

The display was organized by Scugog resident Sharon Runnalls, owner of the Branching Out store in Port Perry. It was installed on October 30, hung by a tree servicing company, with the tree service donated by the township, and will be on display until it is removed on November 13.

Runnalls pitched the idea to Scugog council late last year, aiming for 7,000 poppies, and received more than 9,500. Rotary clubs, church groups and the Latcham Centre crafting group contributed, the Latcham group knitting more than 2,000 alone, and poppies came from Whitby, Uxbridge, Toronto, England and France. Volunteers attached poppies at the legion, library and schools in Blackstock and Port Perry.