ERH volunteers Judy Clarke and Pam Fraser ran the daffodil store on the day.
Photo by
Lua Ikenasio
Echuca Regional Health’s foyer was in bloom on Thursday morning as volunteers set up a Daffodil Day stall to raise funds for the Cancer Council.
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The stall offered fresh daffodil bouquets alongside paper daffodils made by the Glanville residents and other daffodil-themed items donated by community groups.
As people rolled into the foyer to purchase their daffodils, many also stopped to share their experiences with cancer with ERH volunteers Judy Clark and Pam Fraser, who were manning the stall.
Glanville residents Dawn Harris, Pat Rowe and Elaine McDonell were among the residents who made paper daffodils for the cause.
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Lua Ikenasio
Ms Fraser was able to relate to visitors’ stories, as she said her own husband had passed away on Daffodil Day 17 years ago due to cancer.
“My husband died of cancer 17 years ago ... He was buried on Daffodil Day, and we bought $100 worth of daffodils and had them in the church,” she said.
“It wouldn’t be one person on Earth I don’t think that’s not affected by cancer, some way or another, through their family or friends.”
Ms Fraser said all the funds made from sales on the day would go towards much-needed cancer research.
“It just allows so much research to be done for our children and grandchildren coming up, and there’s more and more younger people getting (cancer),” she said.
“There’s just so many cancers and everyone’s different as to how it’s treated. So, as much money as (we) can get, helps.”
Young Sophie Cain visited ERH with her grandma Roz Cain to purchase daffodils.
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Lua Ikenasio
Within the first two hours of setting up shop, the volunteers sold over $200 worth of products.
While many sales were to ERH staff and patients, some locals stopped by the hospital to make a purchase.
Ms Clark, who has been helping run the ERH Daffodil Day stall for three years, said support for the day had grown again over the past few years.
“They used to have (daffodils) down the street ... and then it sort of faded out, but it’s come back in the last few years, well and truly, and people are coming in to buy them, which is good,” she said.
“A lady came in off the street, she had missed out on last year so she wasn’t missing out this year.”
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