Daffodil Day returned to the streets of Kilkenny on Friday 25th March after a 2-year hiatus and once again the people of Kilkenny were not found wanting when it came to supporting the Irish Cancer Society’s annual flagship fundraising event.
For 2022, we supported the coordination of the fundraiser for parts of Kilkenny city and MacDonagh Junction and we were overwhelmed with the response to the collection.
Salena Grace, Kilkenny Volunteer Centre Manager
“We are so thankful to all the volunteers who joined us to bring Daffodil Day back to Kilkenny with a bang! We were thrilled to have students from CBS Secondary School support the event and we received so much positive feedback from the public about their enthusiasm and their wonderful attitude throughout the day.
They were an absolute credit to their school, their parents and themselves and it is so wonderful to see young people step up and make such a positive contribution. We are also incredibly grateful to the team of dedicated volunteers who supported the collection in MacDonagh Junction shopping centre.”
Emma Hayden, Community Fundraiser for South Leinster
We are so thankful for all the help we received throughout Daffodil Day in Kilkenny, and we are thrilled to announced that €6500 was raised. That is a remarkable contribution and we would like to offer our heartfelt thanks to Salena and Paula in Kilkenny Volunteer Centre along with the CBS school and all the volunteers who contributed to the day’s success.
We would also like to thank everyone who gave so generously to the campaign. We cannot stress enough how important Daffodil Day is for the Irish Cancer Society and how many key services this annual event funds each year.
Every year between 43,000 and 44,000 people in Ireland get a diagnosis of cancer. Funds raised during Daffodil Day play a vital role in providing patient counselling programs and night nursing and care to people affected by cancer while also helping to develop ground-breaking cancer research and provide an array of supports for both the patient and the family.
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