Legacy Week will be officially launched this morning at a commemorative service at the Cenotaph in Martin Place, attended by members of the veteran community and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Legacy Week appeal has been running since the 1940s and is a time for all Australians to show their support for the widows and children whose loved ones have served our country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1923, Legacy made a promise to help veterans\u2019 families carry on with their lives after the loss or injury of their loved one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fast forward 101 years and it is a promise that Legacy keeps today, providing the same stability, guidance and assistance that a partner would normally provide to his or her family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nationally, Legacy supports 34,000 partners and children of veterans who gave their lives or health serving our country, including 10,000 in NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Legacy badge is a special emblem of support for our veterans\u2019 families, symbolising our nation\u2019s values of mateship, compassion and fairness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Legacy badges will be sold throughout the Sydney CBD and across NSW this week. More details are available on www.legacy.com.au\/donate<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister for Veterans David Harris said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLegacy Week is a time to give back to the families of veterans who have given so much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI encourage everyone to make a small donation and purchase a Legacy badge this week to make a big difference to helping the families of veterans in need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sydney Legacy President Ian Thompson said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has recognised the vital importance that family plays in a veteran’s health and the fact that service impacts not just veterans but their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLegacy will always be there to support the families of our veterans who have given their life or health in service of their country. I urge the public to buy a badge or make a donation this week.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Legacy Week will be officially launched this morning at a commemorative service at the Cenotaph in Martin Place, attended by members of the veteran community and their families. The Legacy Week appeal has been running since the 1940s and is a time for all Australians to show their support for the widows and children whose … Continue reading “Legacy Week launches today”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28821"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28822,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28821\/revisions\/28822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}