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Support for Cadets
The Royal Canadian Legion has a long and valued
partnership with Cadets Canada. The Cadets Program
fosters youth leadership, citizenship, and volunteerism and
promotes Canadian and military values.
Cadets volunteer to help the Legion with the Poppy
Campaign, support our Veterans and take active roles in
commemorative ceremonies across Canada. These young
men and women play a vital role in supporting Legion
activities and promoting Remembrance. In return, Legion
Branches provide financial support to help them grow.
In addition to being a major sponsor and supporter of
Cadet Corps, Units and Squadrons across the country, the
Bestselling author John Nichol’s passionate
portrait of this magnificent fighter aircraft, its Legion sponsors the Cadet Medal of Excellence which
honours outstanding Cadets. It is awarded in recognition
many innovations and updates, and the people
of individual endeavors in citizenship which enhance the
who flew and loved them, carries the reader
beyond the dogfights over Kent and Sussex. aims and objectives of the Canadian Cadet movement.
Also each year, the Sea, Army and Air cadet leagues choose
Spanning the full global reach of the Spitfire’s
deployment during WWII, from Malta to North their respective top cadet. The winning Cadets act as
wreath bearers at the National Remembrance Day
Africa and the Far East, then over the D-Day
Ceremony in Ottawa.
beaches, it is always accessible, effortlessly
entertaining and full of extraordinary spirit. Your Royal Canadian Legion is
Here are edge-of-the-seat stories and heart- committed to making a difference in
stopping first-hand accounts of battling pilots the lives of Veterans and their
forced to bail out over occupied territory; of
sacrifice and wartime love; of aristocratic female families, providing essential services
flyers, and of the mechanics who braved the in our communities, and
Nazi onslaught to keep the aircraft in battle-
ready condition. Nichol takes the reader on a remembering the men and women
hair-raising, nail-biting and moving wartime who sacrificed for our country.
history of the iconic Spitfire populated by a cast
of redoubtable, heroic characters that make you
want to stand up and cheer. Join Today!
