>They still do here in Fayetteville, NC--mostly because of all of the government employees and military in the area. Also, they still hand out paper ones to the public for donations. It is not as popular as it was in the past though.

Ours are plastic. I find it interesting that Canada really is gung-ho on this holiday since we have had such a small miliatry since the 2nd world war. It must be because that Canadian military guy invented the popply poem ("In Flanders Fields"). But strangely the poppy wearing came from the US, then spread to Canada and Europe.