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Tag Days
— By Neil Whaley, Guest Blogger ‘Tag days’ were one-day fundraisers held in Vancouver before, during and after WW1. Volunteers canvassed on street corners for a particular cause, and donors received a tag on a string they could wear … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, war
Tagged Alexandra Orphanage, Army Chaplain's Emergency Fund, bc, Belgium Relief, Canadian Legion, Catholic Children's Aid, Central City Mission, fundraising, great war, history, Italia, Jewish War Sufferers, Kinsmen, Lions Club, MAMWSS, Neil Whaley, Nicholson Printers, Our Blinded Heroes, Overseas Nurses Fund, Prisoners of War, Red Cross, Returned Soldiers Club, Save the Babies, Serbia, Shell Shock Installation (Hydro-Therapy) at VGH, SPCA, st paul's hospital, Union Jack, United Auxiliaries, vancouver, Vancouver BC Children's Home, VGH Infants Hospital, Victoria Order of Nurses (VON), Vive La France, Women's Patriotic Guild Sock Fund, world war 1, YMCA Military Department
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