Spring is here — and so is the American Cancer Society Daffodil Days! There is still time for Centerville and Appanoose County residents to place their daffodil orders. Daffodil Days extends through the week of March 15.
Daffodil Days goes far beyond the symbol of hope that the spring flowers offer. With every bouquet of daffodils ordered, a cancer patient’s life is affected. With enthusiastic individuals and supporting communities behind them, cancer patients can feel not only hope but courage to keep up the fight against cancer. Supporting communities are also funding the research and aid that might help find the cure someday.
There is still plenty of time to make donations and brighten the days ahead with daffodils. For a $10 donation to the American Cancer Society, you receive a beautiful bunch of daffodils. For a $25 donation, the Gift of Hope bouquet is delivered to local cancer patients who are receiving treatment at medical centers and facilities in the community. This year also features Birthdays R. Hope, a special Boyds™ Bear designed exclusively for the American Cancer Society’s Daffodil Days Bear and a Bunch™ that can be ordered for a donation of $25. In addition to those great donation possibilities, for $25 the Bear Hugs for Hope option is available, which delivers the Birthdays R. Hope Boyds™ Bear to a child battling cancer.
Orders are still being taken by contacting Jami Livingston at the Drake Public Library at (641) 856-6676. Daffodils will be distributed March 15–19. Donations are still accepted on site at the Drake Public Library until March 19. If you would like more information about Daffodil Days, contact the American Cancer Society at (515) 727-0067.
Ordering daffodils for friends, customers and employees can help brighten their days, desks or dinner tables, and the proceeds help fund the American Cancer Society’s mission to eliminate cancer as a major health problem through research, education, advocacy and patient service programs. Services and programs provided in Centerville and Appanoose County can be found by visiting www.cancer.org.
The American Cancer Society combines an unyielding passion with nearly a century of experience to save lives and end suffering from cancer. As a global grassroots force of more than three million volunteers, we fight for every birthday threatened by every cancer in every community. We save lives by helping people stay well by preventing cancer or detecting it early; helping people get well by being there for them during and after a cancer diagnosis; by finding cures through investment in groundbreaking discovery; and by fighting back by rallying lawmakers to pass laws to defeat cancer and by rallying communities worldwide to join the fight. As the nation’s largest non-governmental investor in cancer research, contributing about $3.4 billion, we turn what we know about cancer into what we do. As a result, about 11 million people in America who have had cancer and countless more who have avoided it will be celebrating birthdays this year. To learn more about us or to get help, call us any time, day or night, at 1-800-227-2345 or visit cancer.org .
