Cancer cause inspires aged care residents

RESIDENTS at Grovedale residential aged care centre lent a hand for vital cancer research as part of Daffodil Day this year.

The Cancer Council’s annual fundraiser was on Thursday last week, with Balmoral Grove staff and residents raising just over $200 with its tin-rattling on the day.

Each resident or staff member who donated received a smiley face yellow daffodil badge made by the home’s leisure and lifestyle staff.

“Everyone was happy to chip in for such a worthy cause, and the splash of yellow brightened everyone’s day,” home manager Julie Cray said.

Daffodil Day provides funding support for the Cancer Council’s research programs, with the yellow flowers symbolic of hope for a cancer-free future for the one in two people impacted by the disease in their lifetimes.

The home’s modest contribution will still have a positive impact towards research into the disease – the Cancer Council says $200 is enough to pay a lab assistant for a day, enabling them to continue investigating cancer treatments.

The Cancer Council surpassed its million-dollar fundraising target this year, with $1,103,113 donated to the Daffodil Day cause by the start of this week.