Daffodil

When you pass a Daffodil Day collector today, please spare a thought for what it means for our charity to just be back on the streets. For the past two years, ...

Please take a moment to remember those we've all loved and lost along the way - and celebrate the majority of patients who these days survive cancer. It's been heart-breaking for the past two years with our lodges having to ban visitors, street collections canned and no annual buzz. For the 10,000 plus volunteers who offer each year to collect, many are cancer survivors. Given we run on public donations and goodwill, that's the equivalent of all the wheels falling off our bus and grinding us to a terrible halt. I came on board three years ago to do the opposite - expand our services to reach even more people in need. That's tough when each service we run - totally free for cancer patients - has a waiting list.

It was all hands on deck for the Cancer Society, in Marlborough, on Wednesday as volunteers rallied round to “bundle” and “bunch” thousands of flowers in ...

* It was all hands on deck for the Cancer Society, in Marlborough, on Wednesday as volunteers rallied round to “bundle” and “bunch” thousands of flowers in time for Daffodil Day.

More than 3000 yellow bunches of fresh daffodils were for sale in Albury Thursday to raise money for cancer research. Advertisement.

"The day is lovely and bright, giving that sense of hope for people. This is how you can continue to access our trusted content: "Every person who donates, holds a fundraiser or buys daffodils will be helping us to continue investing in life-saving cancer research programs. "What a way to brighten the day on the main street," Mr Clancy said. "It's great to see the great support we have from Albury," she said. "Daffodil Day is about the investment into cancer needed to help Australians have a cancer-free future.