LOCAL resident Lyn McPhail is helping hope bloom in Mandurah as part of Daffodil Day.
Ms McPhail, who will spend today and tomorrow manning a stall at Mandurah Forum with four other people, will help Cancer Council Western Australia raise $800,000.
“I don’t think any family in WA has not been affected by cancer,” she said.
“And quite often I don’t think people realise how much the Cancer Council does.
“I don’t think anyone realises exactly how much until life forces you to go to them for help.”
Every day in Australia about 350 people are told they have a life-threatening cancer and more than 115 people die of the disease each day.
While Ms McPhail has always loved daffodils for their colour and their connotation with the start of spring, for many people around the world they are also a symbol of hope and have become an icon.
“This is why I feel I should help,” she said.
“It seemed like it has been around forever.
“It’s an iconic part of our history.
“I have people I see every year who come and buy their teddy or pen.”
A Cancer Council WA spokesperson said it was people like Ms McPhail who kept Daffodil Day going.
“We are very grateful to our wonderful volunteers like Lyn who will be staffing Daffodil Day stalls in major shopping centres across Western Australia,” she said.
