Orders Being Taken For Daffodil Days

WILTON — Each year in March, the American Cancer Society’s Daffodil Days provides an opportunity for local residents to lend a helping hand in the fight against cancer. Contributions received through the sale of beautiful, fresh daffodils help to keep the society’s resources in place for those in Connecticut communities who are or have been affected by cancer.

The American Cancer Society provides information and services to cancer patients and their loved ones. Contributions make a difference in many ways:

For those cancer patients who do not have rides to treatment, the society’s Road to Recovery program provides rides. For women whose cancer treatment has caused hair loss and other physical changes, the Look Good, Feel Better program teaches them beauty techniques.

For women newly diagnosed with breast cancer or men with prostate cancer, the Reach to Recovery program and the Man to Man program provide support from trained volunteers who themselves are breast or prostate cancer survivors.

For anyone, both the society’s free toll-free cancer information line, 800-ACS-2345 and website, www.cancer.org, provide information about cancer and patient services 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Daffodils are available in bouquets of ten flowers for $7; a Gift of Hope, a double bouquet given anonymously to a cancer patient in a local hospital or nursing home, is available for $20. To order daffodils or volunteer for Daffodil Days, call the American Cancer Society’s office at 800-889-3340 and press 3 when prompted. Daffodil Days takes place during the week of March 22 in Fairfield and Litchfield counties. The deadline for ordering is March 5.

The American Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer through research, education, advocacy, and service.