Canadian Cancer Society reps Jana Peters and Margaret Jones-Bricker raise flag with Mayor Lyn Hall – photo 250News

Prince George, B.C.-  April has been officially  proclaimed as Daffodil Month in Prince George,   a special month of fundraising for the Canadian Cancer Society.Mayor Lyn Hall  joined several representatives from the Canadian Cancer Society at City Hall today, to raise the  Society’s flag.  “From a personal perspective, and community perspective,  I want to thank the group that is here today” said Mayor Lyn Hall.  “We’ve all been impacted, that’s why I say from a personal perspective, this has a tremendous amount of meaning for me,   I’ve lost some very close friends over the last couple of years, and it is a difficult experience to go through.  I know this group, and others in the community ,  have made it  somewhat easier for folks.”   He said the  raising of the flag and the proclamation go a long way to show the community is “steadfast behind all of you in all the work you do.”

But it isn’t just about the month of April,  says Margaret Jones-Bricker of the Canadian Cancer Society “I know  this is the launch of Daffodil Month, and every year we celebrate it in April, but it occurred to me, it isn’t about a day,  or a month, or even a year,  It’s about a lifetime commitment to helping others, to ensuring that at some point  we can eradicate cancer.”

Typically,  volunteers would be seen throughout the month,  selling bunches of daffodils, but   this hasn’t been a typical year.

The daffodils peaked in March,   so Bricker says those same volunteers who were selling  the flowers last month,  will be hoping  folks  will  purchase a daffodil pin.  “None of us has a crystal ball on the weather and climate change is a reality” says Jones-Bricker ” historically April has been our month, but perhaps in the future we will need to re-evaluate.”

The pins  can  be found  at numerous locations  throughout  the City including  Starbucks,  the BC Liquor stores  and Pharma -Save.