Across NSW, it is estimated that up to 16,000 people will die in 2023 from cancer or around 44 people a day. This year marks 37 years of Daffodil Day, celebrated on Thursday, August 31, with all funds raised supporting vital cancer research.
Cancer Council and its research partners have invested more than $290 million in world class cancer research from 2016 to 2020, making the organisation the largest independent funder of cancer research in the country.
Thanks to investment in cancer research, amazing advances have been made in cancer prevention, screening, early detection and treatment – helping to increase survival rates from 51 per cent in the late 1980s to around 70 per cent today.
With around one in two Australians diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, Jenny Nguyen, Community Fundraising Coordinator at the Cancer Council NSW, urged the community to dig deep this Daffodil Day.
“Every person who donates, holds a fundraiser or buys daffodils this August, will be helping us to continue investing in life-saving cancer research programs, giving hope for better treatments and early detection and ultimately, giving us hope for a cancer free future.”
For more info and how to get involved, visit daffodilday.com.au.
