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Friday, August 8, 2025
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Mississippi Mills community poppy project returns for second year

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The Mississippi Mills Poppy Project is in its second year as a collaborative community art project of Remembrance, honouring Canadian Veterans, and personnel currently serving in the Canadian Armed Forces, for their service and sacrifice to our country.

In 2024, over 300 people participated in this collaborative community project and created over 10,000 poppies (hand knitted and crocheted). Participants tied poppies onto netting, tacked down poppies so they remained in full bloom, installed and took down poppy displays across the municipality, and sewed cotton storage bags to protect the poppy displays (while in storage for future use).

The goal for 2025 is to collect another 10,000 knitted and crocheted poppies to expand and or create additional poppy displays throughout Mississippi Mills between November 1 through to November 15.  

To be part of this community project of remembrance, by knitting and / or crocheting red poppies with black centres, contact Project Coordinator, Mary Rozenberg at the information below. She will send patterns and more information.

Completed poppies can be dropped off at the following locations:

  • Almonte Old Town Hall
  • Almonte and Pakenham branches of the Mississippi Mills Public Library
  • Mississippi Valley Textile Museum
  • Textile Traditions (Mill Street, Almonte)
  • Levi Home Hardware
  • Orchardview

Last drop-off date for 2025 is Wednesday, October 15, 2025.

If you cannot knit or crochet, you can still participate in this collaborative community project. Poppies need to be tied onto netting at Almonte and Pakenham branch libraries, then tacked down before being installed.

Thank you for participating in this community art project!

For more information and patterns, contact Mary Rozenberg, Project Coordinator, at mary@interlinkx.com.

SOURCE: Press Release – Mississippi Mills Community Poppy Project

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