What is Daffodil Days®?

Daffodil Days is one of the American Cancer Society's oldest and most beloved fundraising programs that celebrates the Society's mission to eliminate cancer as a life-threatening disease. Since 1973, Daffodil Days has empowered people - everyone from school children to corporate CEOs - to make a difference in the fight against cancer by raising funds and awareness to help beat the disease. Although Daffodil Days involves offering daffodils every spring to donors in appreciation for their contributions, it is about more than just giving beautiful flowers - it is everyone's opportunity to share hope for a world free of cancer. By giving daffodils to friends, family members, and even cancer patients, donors are really giving hope by enabling the Society to offer free programs and services to improve the lives of people facing cancer.

When is Daffodil Days?

Hope arrives every spring with the blooming of daffodils. The American Cancer Society Daffodil Days program is a three-month campaign. Volunteer coordinators take requests for flowers in January, February, and early March. The daffodils arrive and are delivered in March, coinciding with the beginning of spring (usually the third week of the month). Specific dates and delivery information are available from your local Daffodil Days volunteer/staff leadership.

Why daffodils?

One of the first flowers of spring, the daffodil is a symbol of hope. To the American Cancer Society, this flower represents the hope we all share for a future where cancer is no longer a life-threatening disease.

How do daffodils support the fight against cancer?

Cancer will affect the lives of one in every two men and one in every three women. It is a top health concern among Americans. Donations received through the Daffodil Days program enable the Society to offer free programs and services that help people fight cancer with courage and optimism, while providing physical and emotional assistance and financial information to ease the cancer experience.

Additionally, daffodil contributions provide the Society with much-needed dollars to fund groundbreaking cancer research, educate people about the importance of cancer prevention and early detection, and advocate for meaningful public health policies that benefit the community. Only with your support can we continue to help those touched by cancer, empower people to fight back against this disease, and save more lives.

During the last 13 years, Daffodil Days has raised more than $200 million in gross revenue to support the American Cancer Society's lifesaving mission to eliminate cancer as a life-threatening disease.

How can people reserve daffodils in my community?