Cancer Society  volunteers join Mayor Shari Green (centre) in unfurling the Canadian Cancer Society flag  outside City Hall – photo-250News

Prince George, B.C.-  It is daffodil time!.  Mayor Shari Green  was on hand to help raise the  Canadian Cancer Society’s  flag  over  Prince George City Hall this morning.  She has declared April as “Daffodil Month.”

The sale of bunches of daffodils is about to get underway,  and  daffodil pins will  also be available.

Last year, sales of  daffodils and the pins raised about $30 thousand dollars in the Prince George region.  “We’d like to beat that for sure and have folks in the community support us this weekend” says Marjo van Helvoirt Koop, Coordinator for the Annual Giving programs with the Canadian Cancer Society’s BC and Yukon division.

The dollars raised will  go towards helping to support Kordyban Lodge as well as  support programs and health promotion efforts.

Every three minutes, a Canadian  is diagnosed with  cancer.  The daffodil pin is a sign of hope and shows support for those  on a cancer journey .

Two in five Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetimes. But by wearing the daffodil this April, Canadians can show them they are not alone in their fight.

Daffodil pins will be available for a donation at several retail locations in Prince George throughout April.

“Please show your support and encouragement to those living with cancer,” says Marjo van Helvoirt Koop , “Wear the daffodil this April because we truly are all in this together.”

Volunteers will be selling pins and  flowers at a number of  retail outlets in Prince George this weekend.