Daffodil Day 2009

Today is Daffodil Day. This is our 22nd year to collect in Kilcullen and our 45 volunteers will be out as enthusiastic as ever to collect as much money as possible for a very worthy cause. We hope that our supporters will be generous with their donations.

Last year we collected €6,358. All the money we raise this daffodil will go to meet the needs of cancer patients and their families as well as meeting a growing need for information on cancer and support at every stage of the cancer journey. Our own St Brigid’s Hospice Unit at The Drogheda Memorial Hospital, The Curragh (founded 1990) benefits from these funds.

* Latest data shows that in 2005, 830 people developed cancer in Kildare
* Last year The Society raised €4 million nationwide from its Daffodil Day campaign
* Of the 1,642 families who availed of the Night Nurse service in 2008, 58 families were in County Kildare
* The Helpline received 12,468 calls last year and 196 of these calls were from callers in County Kildare

We collect at seven locations in Kilcullen and we are hoping once again to achieve the very generous levels of support which we have got over the past 22 years.

We are pinning all our hopes on you. Please give what you can.

Thanks a bunch in advance!

Nuala Collins

(On behalf of The Irish Cancer Society)