Back row: Patricia Nealon, Brigid Liddy, Mary Murray ICS Community Fundraising Officer Midwest, Mary Burke, Molly O’ Donnell, Mary Donnellan, Sheila McGrath. Front row: Mary Woods Organiser, Mary McMahon and Brigid Coughlan Previous Organisers.
VOLUNTEERS in Newmarket-on-Fergus will be collecting funds for The Irish Cancer Society on Daffodil Day.
In what will be the thirty eighth Daffodil Day, a team of collectors and daffodil suppliers are busily preparing in Newmarket-on-Fergus. Collections have taken place in Newmarket-on-Fergus annually on Daffodil Day since 1994 and will once again on Friday March 28th.
Monies collected go towards the services to cancer patients and their families. Some of the free services provided in Clare last year included 242 night nursing care visits, 229 free lifts via the volunteer drivers service to bring patients to and from treatment and 291 supportive and comforting conversations through their support line and Daffodil Centres.
Local organiser in Newmarket-on-Fergus, Mary Woods said, “The society provides many other services including counselling, Children and Young Adolescents cancer services, an extensive website, early detection roadshows and very important ground-breaking research Your generosity on March 28th will mean so much to cancer patients and their families.
“Daffodil day would not happen without the support of the many collectors, daffodil suppliers and the businesses who facilitate collection,” she added.
