Dec 18, 2011 3 min read

The American Cancer Society has announced the 2012 Fayette County Daffodil Day kickoff is scheduled from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Jan. 6. It will be held in an open house format at the Panera Bread in Uniontown. The fundraiser, which historically coincides with the coming of spring, is expected to raise $32,000 locally and more than $4 million in the state of Pennsylvania.

The American Cancer Society and its Daffodil Day volunteers are looking for pre-sales coordinators to help take pre-orders of daffodils. Any company, business, organization, church or school is invited to participate in taking pre-orders. Packets of information will be available at the kickoff or interested people may call the local American Cancer Society office at 1-888-227-5445.

The daffodil is the first flower of spring, and is the perennial American Cancer Society symbol of hope for cancer patients throughout the community. The dollars raised through Daffodil Days enable the American Cancer Society to save more lives and create more birthdays by helping people stay well, helping people get well, by finding cures and by fighting back. Receive a bunch of flowers for a donation of $10, box of 500 for $500, or a half box of 250 for $250. This year also marks the addition of Shar N. Hope, the eighth in a special “Boyds Bear” collection designed exclusively for the American Cancer Society Daffodil Days “Bear and a Bunch” that can be ordered for a donation of $25. A vase and a bunch offering is available for $15. The mini-potted daffodils will be available again this year for a donation of $12. Also, you can help give comfort to a child in need in your community by delivering an anonymous Boyds Bear to them with a donation of $25 to Project Care.

In addition, Gift of Hope offers a chance to deliver an anonymous bunch of daffodils and cancer information to a local cancer patient with a donation of $25 or more.

To place an order, call the American Cancer Society office at 1-888-227-5445. The last day to place an advanced order is Feb. 24; daffodils will be delivered the week of March 19-25, 2012.

“The American Cancer Society combines an unyielding passion with nearly a century of experience to save lives and end suffering from cancer. As a global grassroots force of more than three million volunteers, we fight for every birthday threatened by every cancer in every community,” a spokesman said. “We save lives and create more birthdays 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.

“As the nation’s largest non-governmental investor in cancer research, contributing more than $3.4 billion, we turn what we know about cancer into what we do. As a result, more than 11 million people in America who have had cancer and countless more who have avoided it will be celebrating birthdays this year.”

To learn more or to get help, call any time, day or night, 1-800-227-2345 or go online to cancer.org.