Jamestown, ND (Dec 21, 2012) — The 2013 American Cancer Society Daffodil Days have been set, to benefit the American Cancer Society.

Community Relations Manager, Mary Dahl, of Fargo says, the Cancer Society’s Flower of Hope, is a sign of renewed life.

She says Daffodil Days comes at a time of year when a sign of spring is a welcome sight.

She adds, once again the Jamestown High School National Honor Society, under the supervision of Tammy Mullowney, along with Community Representatives, Bill & Nellie Degen and Jim & Linda Bender, is hosting the event in Jamestown and neighboring communities of Stutsman County.

Pre-Sale orders of daffodils will be January 7-February 15, 2013, with the

fresh, cut daffodils being delivered March 18-22  by the Benders’, to the locations from which the flowers were ordered.

Those purchasing the daffodils may then pick up their daffodils  from where they were ordered.

Don’s House of Flowers will keep the flowers fresh until they are delivered.

The products being sold remain the same as in the past: a bunch of 10 daffodils for $10; bunch and a vase for $15; 3 bunches for $25; commemorative Boyd Bear & bunch for $25; Gift of Hope for a Cancer Patient for $25.

For more information, please contact Bill and Nellie Degen at 320-5440 or Jim and Linda Bender at 763-6277.

A NHS student may soon be approaching you regarding an order.

Orders and payments may be made to Mary Dahl, 4646 Amber Valley Parkway, Fargo, ND 58104. Orders may also be faxed to 701-232-1109. Brighten someone’s day while helping to support the mission of the American Cancer Society.

The Society would like to share that every bouquet of daffodils purchased is appreciated, and that the dollars raised by the event will be used to help the American Cancer Society continue its funding of cancer research, its state and national legislative advocacy, and its many educational and patient service programs.

She points out,this year alone, there will be approximately $120 million invested

in cancer research nationwide; $3.2 billion has been invested since the research program began in 1946.

A portion of the money raised by past Daffodil Days in Stutsman County is presently being used to support Look Good … Feel Better, Reach to Recovery, Patient Lodging Program, and Transportation Assistance, which are very successful and well-utilized programs here in the area.

The money raised locally is also helping to fund the Society’s Cancer Resource Centers. Patients and their families from Jamestown and throughout North Dakota have been visiting these Centers for information and assistance following their diagnosis of cancer.

The Society’s research program is the largest, private, not-for-profit source of funding for cancer research in the United States, second only to the federal government.

46 of the researchers we have financially supported have gone on to win the Nobel Prize. The Society’s funding has also helped play a part in every major research break-through in the past 50 years, including: the Pap Test, mammography, Gleevex, Tamoxifen, Herceptin, Gardacil, the first successful chemotherapy treatment for cancer, and the bone marrow transplant technique.