ROCKFORD — Community members can fight back against cancer and share hope for those facing the disease by supporting the American Cancer Society Daffodil Days®. This longstanding program, which involves offering daffodils to donors every spring in appreciation for their contributions, is about more than just giving beautiful flowers; it is an opportunity to share hope for a world with less cancer and more birthdays, where cancer never steals another year from anyone’s life. For a donation of $10, everyone from school children to corporate CEOs can send a bouquet of fresh-cut daffodils to someone special to support the fight against cancer.

An important part of Daffodil Days is the Gift of Hope, a bouquet of 10 daffodil stems in a vase, delivered anonymously to cancer patients within the community. The Gift of Hope helps brighten a patient’s day and fosters a relationship, ensuring the patient’s and caregiver’s knowledge that the Society is helping them get well by being in their corner around the clock to guide them through every step of their cancer experience.

As the first flower of spring, the daffodil is the American Cancer Society’s symbol of hope for a world free of cancer. In addition to daffodil bouquets, potted bulbs, vases and a limited-edition Boyds bear, designed exclusively for the American Cancer Society, are available to purchase.

Dollars raised through Daffodil Days enable the Society to offer free programs and services that 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.

Daffodil orders are due Feb. 22 and will be delivered the week of March 15.

For more information about Daffodil Days, to request daffodils or to get involved with the program, contact your American Cancer Society at 815-229-1287 or visit www.cancer.org/daffodils.



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