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“I would have gone through torment if I didn’t have a place like this to come to.”

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Critical cancer service needs your help this Daffodil Day

Over the course of a lifetime, 1 in 3 Kiwis will experience the lifechanging reality of a cancer diagnosis. For Paeroa local, Stephen Phillips, the Cancer Society’s Lions Lodge made an immeasurable difference during his own cancer journey.

The Lodge, made only possible thanks to the generosity of the New Zealand public, was a free-of-charge ‘home away from home’ for Stephen while he underwent five weeks of treatment at Waikato Hospital.

Without it, he dreads to think of how his situation might have played out.

“I know for a fact I would have gone through torment if I didn’t have a place like this to come to,” says Stephen. “The support is brilliant and it made life a lot easier.”

Stephen is just one of the many people from across the Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Gisborne-Tairāwhiti regions that use the Lodge.

In fact, in recent months, demand for the Lodge and the transport to treatment service, has reached record
numbers. And with those record numbers comes a desperate call for help.

“More than ever before we’re appealing to the business community to get behind us this Daffodil Day. Whether that’s by participating in our street appeal, hosting a counter box, branding a product, or holding
a morning tea – the options are endless,” says Partnership Manager, Sharon Robertson.

Daffodil Day, this year on Friday 25 August, is New Zealand’s largest street appeal and is a critical fundraiser for the Cancer Society’s Lions Lodge.

Support from generous businesses like yours this Daffodil Day will ensure that Cancer Society services like support from nurses, transport to treatment and accommodation near treatment centres remains free for people with cancer.

“You’ve got to give back,” says Stephen. “You don’t realise until you’ve been in a situation like I’m in now what you can actually give. I can’t say enough about the Cancer Society.”

To donate, sign up or find fundraising ideas, visit daffodilday.org.nz
To contact Sharon about how your business can help, email: sharonrobertson@cancersociety.org.nz

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