The appeal is Cancer Council’s most iconic and much-loved fundraising campaign and a day for Australians to come together and donate to help stop cancer.
This year may feel a little different as this year’s Daffodil is digital but the need to stop cancer is just the same.
Sadly, with nearly 150,000 Australians diagnosed with cancer every year, most people have been touched by cancer and that’s why the organisers ask everyone to donate a daffodil or fundraise your own way for the Daffodil Day Appeal.
The daffodil is recognised internationally as the symbol of hope for all people affected by cancer.
It was chosen by Cancer Council as their emblem with the bright yellow colouring heralding the return of spring, representing new life and growth – and hope for a cancer free future.
You can also raise money in your community with friends, family, school or colleagues to help those affected.
What can your money do?
Every dollar raised for the Daffodil Day Appeal helps fund life-saving research that will bring us closer to a cancer free future.
Here are just a few examples of how your donation is put to work:
• $25 could help equip cancer researchers with the chemicals and lab equipment they need to do their life-saving work.
• $50 will help pay for the collecting and processing of a blood sample to help discover more about how cancer develops.
• $100 could pay for the collection, storage and analysis of DNA to use in studies into how we can better prevent cancer.
• $250 could pay a lab assistant to support vital lab testing.
• $500 will be supporting clinical trials of new treatments.
Find out more and donate at daffodilday.com.au.
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EVERY four minutes another Australian is diagnosed with cancer.
You can give hope this Daffodil Day Appeal on Friday, August 28, by making a donation to fund life-saving cancer research.