April, this beautiful spring month with lots of rain, and for most college and university students it's dreaded exam time! These things can make for a pretty dreary month, however, the Canadian Cancer Society is going to help to brighten your mood. This is the month that the society and their huge force of volunteers get out and shine a giant spotlight on the realities of cancer and try to raise money for the cause. My hope is to make some more posts to this regard as the month progresses, because it's always good to remember others, understand their struggles and because education is the key to prevention. Mostly, I write about this because it is a topic I am extremely connected to and is very important to me.
You might be wondering how does this fine organization and it's affiliates raise the money they so desperately need? Well, there are many different ways, but the one that draws a lot of the attention during April are "Daffodil Days". Through selling beautiful yellow daffodils and coming to
us, the public, to raise money these flowers and taking donations. The society raises money which is then spent in brilliant ways to help in the fight against cancer. (This may be a future posting, if not check it out on the society's website.) This is also a time for the society to educate the rest of us on the realities of cancer, ways we can prevent it and how the society advocates for victims, sufferers, survivors and families.
There is some food for thought! If you see someone selling daffodils from the Cancer society, be sure to stop!!
A big thank you to all of the amazing people who work and volunteer with this organization and others like it. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those suffering from all forms of this horrible disease, and every other awful illness.
