Daffodil Day 2023
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Tom Earley volunteering for Daffodil Day outside the post office on Dominick Street on Friday afternoon.Image 2 of 6
Anne Dempsey, volunteering for Daffodil Day outside the Bank of Ireland, Mullingar, last Friday afternoon.Image 3 of 6
Dónal Lawlor volunteering for Daffodil Day on the Market Square, Mullingar, last Friday morning.Image 4 of 6
Seamus Reilly and Ann McCann volunteering for Daffodil Day in Clonmellon last Friday.Image 5 of 6
Michelle Brown taking shelter from the rain at Leonard’s shop in Clonmellon, with her display in support of Daffodil Day.Image 6 of 6
Volunteering on Daffodil Day at Centra on the Lynn Road, Mullingar, were John O’Toole, Zoe Leavey and Aisling Mulhern, fifth class students from St Cremin’s NS, Multyfarnham, and teacher Veronica Daly.The Irish Cancer Society has broken down the consistent generosity of the people of Westmeath on Daffodil Day into figures. They show that 395 counselling sessions were provided for people in the county through the charity’s remote service and at affiliate cancer support centres.
There were 390 volunteer driven journeys to take patients to and from their appointments.
The number of nights of nursing provided to Westmeath patients so they could spend their final days at home was 178.
The number of people in the county helped by the Irish Cancer Society support line and Daffodil Centre nurses was 240.
The figures are for 2022, and following Daffodil Day on Friday last, March 24, the charity expects to be able to fund similar levels of support in the year ahead.
Irish Cancer Society CEO Averil Power said: “Every three minutes, someone in Ireland hears the words ‘you have cancer’. Cancer takes big days, little days, and everything in between. It replaces them with treatment days and recovery days. But together, we have the power to take these days back from cancer.
“The Irish Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day is a day to give hope and raise vital funds so that one day, cancer can take no more.
“Daffodil Day is our most important fundraising event of the year and donations fund crucial supports including our Support Line, free counselling, our Night Nurses service, and financial support for families of children affected by cancer.
“The public’s generosity on Daffodil Day allows us to support life-changing cancer research.”
The Irish Cancer Society typically receive three per cent of their funding from the state, and so depend on the generous support of the Irish public on Daffodil Day.