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Daffodil Day
The Cancer Society of New Zealand’s flagship annual event, is one of the most important fundraising and awareness campaigns in the country.
Daffodil Day is the culmination of a month of fundraising activities, and is a time when people support the Cancer Society’s essential work.
Purchase Daffodils and support The Cancer Society
Purchase pots of daffodils for $8.97 each from Mitre 10 & MEGA stores,and $1.00 from each pot sold will go to the Cancer Society.
Available from your local Mitre10 from the 27th of August. Limited quantities. ( not available online )
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About Daffodil Day
Daffodil Day, the Cancer Society of New Zealand’s annual flagship event, is one the most important fundraising and awareness campaigns in the country. Since 1990 this iconic event has inspired people from across the country to come together and support the Cancer Society’s work. As well as providing an opportunity to raise awareness of cancer in New Zealand, Daffodil Day is the main funding source for the Cancer Society.
Donations go towards vital scientific research into the causes and treatment of all types of cancer, as well as providing a wide range of support services, health promotion and education programmes to reduce cancer risk, awareness campaigns and programmes for people affected by cancer.
We use the daffodil as our symbol as it is one of the first flowers of spring, whose bright yellow blooms remind us of the joys the new season will bring. It represents the hope there is for the 1 in 3 New Zealanders affected by cancer.
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The donations made on Daffodil Day are crucial to reducing the incidence and impact of cancer in the community and ensuring the best cancer care for New Zealanders. The money is spent in the region where it was raised and allocated to numerous important initiatives each year.
• Raising awareness: delivering health promotion and educational programmes designed to promote healthier lifestyles and reduce the incidence of cancer – such as the SunSmart Schools Accreditation Programme and SmokeFree campaigns.
• Supporting people affected by cancer: the Cancer Society provides a range of support services for people with cancer and their families, friends and carers including its Cancer Information Helpline 0800 CANCER (226 237). The oncology nurses provide
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information on different diagnosis, treatments and living with cancer. Support services can include driving people to appointments, providing meals, assisting with accommodation, peer support and counselling.
• Scientific research: the Cancer Society is the largest funder of cancer research after the government. For many years the society has been funding world class New Zealand cancer research projects into the causes and treatments of cancer.
• Campaigning: the Cancer Society is a strong advocate for people affected by cancer. It is the only organisation to represent people with all types of cancer.
• Information resources: the Cancer Society has developed one of the country’s largest information resources on all types of cancers and treatments.
For more information about what we do, please visit the Cancer Society’s website at www.cancernz.org.nz
Making a donation
We want to make it as easy as possible for people to make a donation on Daffodil Day.
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Call 0900 31 111
Make an instant $20 donation by dialing0900 311 11, which will automatically be charged to your telephone account.
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Online @ www.daffodilday.org.nz
Tell us the amount you’d like to donate and enter your credit card details on our secure and easy online donation form.
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Text
It's quick and easy to donate from your cell phone. Text "dday" to 883 to make an instant $3 donation. (from Telecom/Vodafone cell phones only).
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Cash Donations
Make a cash donation to our street collectors in exchange for a daffodil, on Friday 27th August. Also look out for the ‘householder’ envelope arriving in your letter box.
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