Daffodil Day is the Irish Cancer Society's biggest fundraiser, taking place each year in March and raising millions of euro to support cancer patients and their loved ones by providing free advice and support, as well as by funding life-saving cancer research. 

On Daffodil Day, thousands of volunteers take to the streets selling flowers and daffodil pins to collect funds for the fight against cancer. Many other people organise coffee mornings and other fundraising events in their homes, local communities, and workplaces. Daffodil Day is a day for us all to give hope to people affected by  cancer. Funds raised during our Daffodil Day campaign are used across  the country to help the 40,000 people who will hear the words "you have  cancer" each year. 

Each donation from Daffodil Day makes a huge difference to cancer patients and their loved ones by:

• Funding over 80 cancer researchers working in labs across Ireland to find new and better treatments for cancer patients. Thanks to  investments in cancer research, more people are surviving cancer today  than ever before. 
• Providing free, confidential advice and support to cancer patients and their loved ones  and anyone concerned about cancer through Irish Cancer Society cancer  nurses. Last year our nurses provided information to over 42,000 people  in Ireland who had questions or concerns about cancer. 
• Enabling cancer patients who aren't going to survive their diagnosis to die at home, cared for by Irish Cancer Society Night Nurses and surrounded by loved ones in the comfort of their homes. 
• Providing support to patients,  whether it's free counselling for patients and families in their local  communities, or lifts to chemotherapy appointments in hospital provided  by our team of volunteer drivers.

So on Friday, 23 March please give what you can to make a difference to the lives of people going through cancer.