Daffodil Campaign beginning this week

Each year the Canadian Cancer Society’s Daffodil Campaign comes to Oshawa to not only usher in spring, but also to continue the fight against cancer.

Each spring during the Campaign, local residents show their support by purchasing and wearing daffodil pins.

The daffodil is the Cancer Society’s flower of choice due to its resiliency, as it survives harsh Canadian winters and is one of the first flowers to bloom in the spring.

“We know that cancer changes people and that one in two Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. But a cancer diagnosis doesn’t have to define a person,” says Alison Payne, senior manager, Canadian Cancer Society, Durham Region. “Our goal is to improve the cancer experience by helping people live longer and enhancing their quality of life. We believe that life is bigger than cancer.”

CCS will be engaging people in Durham Region through door-to-door canvassing throughout the month of April and street canvassing for donations on April 4 to April 6, and April 11 to April 12.

Through the past actions of donors, the Canadian Cancer Society is the only national charitable funder of ground-breaking research into more than 100 types of cancer, giving the organization a valuable sightline on all aspects of the cancer landscape and allowing it to translate key learnings from one area to another.

The society offers programs and services that help local people with cancer and their families when they’re unsure or anxious, and also advocates to governments on important cancer-related issues to drive important social change and funding.

To move research discoveries from the lab to people with cancer, the organization supports clinical trials at more than 80 hospitals and cancer centres across the country. This includes Lakeridge Health in Oshawa, where many people from the Durham Region area are treated.

To donate, visit cancer.ca/daffodil