FINDING SUNSHINE IN A FLOWER
Who would think buying a flower on Daffodil Day could save a life? Yet every dollar raised on Daffodil Day funds critical research for the cancer-free future which the Cancer Council strives for.
It’s a cause at the heart of Dubbo’s Cancer Support Group which was the first group to bring Daffodil Day to our city.
Doing their bit for 33 years to help people diagnosed with cancer and their families to achieve the best possible outcome, Daffodil Day is of great importance to all members.
Our local heroes pictured are, back row, Elizabeth Job and Lorraine Scoble, and front row, Gwen Glover and Flo Ashby.
These four ladies representing the group have 72 years of volunteering for the cause between them!
One in two Australians will be diagnosed with cancer by the age of 85 affecting us all in some way.
Dubbo’s Cancer Support Group and Dubbo Photo News encourage supporting Daffodil Day by volunteering or buying daffodils this Friday, August 23.
A big thanks to Choices Flooring who gave kind permission to use their daffodil yellow wall for our photo shoot.
Two-hundred-and-fifty bunches of fresh daffodils have arrived in Dubbo in preparation for Daffodil Day on Friday.
Local florist and owner of Hot Poppyz Leeanne Shields helps the Dubbo Cancer Support Group by arranging the freight from the Sydney Markets at a special rate, refrigerating, cutting and keeping them in water until they’re delivered to the Daffodil Day stall on Talbragar Street.
“I’ve done this since 2012. There are about eight to ten flowers in each bunch. I’ll just have five bunches here in the shop, but all the rest will be at the Daffodil Day stall in front of the post office,” she said.
Dubbo’s Cancer Support Group were the first to bring Daffodil Day to Dubbo and members have volunteered each year since the mid 1990s.
The group however has been raising money for locals for 33 years, ever since founding member Flo Ashby received a diagnosis for cancer.
“On Daffodil Day we will also be accepting donations which will be kept and used locally. We use donations to help buy equipment and pay gas bills, that sort of thing,” she said.
The funds are also used to purchase food supplements for Lourdes Hospital which can then in turn provide them to patients for free.
“Our community palliative care nurses who service the region will often alert us to requests of financial assistance too, which Dubbo’s Cancer Support Group provides,” Lourdes Hospital and Community Health Services coordinator Genelle Reid said.
“Donations from Daffodil Day might also pay for things like chemist bills,” she said.
Ms Reid has assisted in the coordination of Daffodil Day since 1994.
“It would be nice if your readers can come on down to the stall on Talbragar Street if they can, and support the Cancer Council, and us,” she told
Dubbo Photo News.
Daffodil Day is an annual, nationwide fundraiser for the Cancer Council which uses funds to conduct research as well as support local initiatives such as Transport to Treatment which is a free service for patients and carers provided by Cancer Council NSW.
“The money you raise helps local people affected by cancer, but it also helps people across NSW. Thanks to our community’s support, we are here to help people affected by cancer, regardless of where they live,” Cancer Council NSW’S community relationships coordinator Nicola Taylor said.
“Cancer Council NSW supports services to people across the state such as our 13 11 20 Information and Support service, counselling, telephone support groups, peer-support, informative webinars and podcasts, legal and financial assistance, and our online community,” she said.
The Cancer Council’s Daffodil Day is on Friday, August 23, 2019.
Cancer Support Group Dubbo
meets on the first Wednesday of the month at David Palmer Centre, Cobbora Road, Dubbo. New people needed, and welcome