05 September 2008

A student volunteer selling fresh daffodils and balloons over the counter at the Administration Centre

"Daffodil Day" Fund-raising Campaign to Support the Cancer Society

By Emu Izaki and Shirley Ghozalli. Edited by Moira Blake

Daffodil Day is a yearly event of the Cancer Society and this year it fell on Friday, 29th August. Because the flowering of daffodils indicates the arrival of spring and recovery from winter, it has become the symbol of the society.

On Daffodil Day, daffodil goods, such as fresh daffodils, daffodil yellow balloons, windmills, stickers and pens, have been sold around New Zealand since the day started in 1990. All the money collected from the sales is donated to the Cancer Society who use it to fund their research, for education and for campaigns against cancer.

On 29th August IPC students became volunteers for this fund-raising activity. They called out to other students and staff in the Dining Hall and the Administration Centre and went around the offices of the lecturers in order to raise funds. Their enthusiasm was impressive, and despite the lingering cold of winter, the blooming daffodil flowers could be seen everywhere on our IPC campus. They raised almost $200 for the Cancer Society.

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