General News
3 September, 2024
Support for the cause on Daffodil Day
Warracknabeal Neighbourhood House hosted a Biggest Morning Tea event in honour of Cancer Council's Daffodil Day on August 22.
Students of the iPals program put their barista and food handling skills to the test as they were put in charge of making the coffees and teas as well as serving up tasty treats for everyone to enjoy.
iPals is a youth-based training program in which participants gain vital workplace skills.
Warracknabeal Neighbourhood House general manager Karen Fuller said this was the first time they had done a Daffodil Day event.
"We always do the Biggest Morning Tea but we'd never done Daffodil Day before," Ms Fuller said.
"We've had some people dropping in and we also did takeaway coffees."
The Neighbourhood House raised a total of $151 for the cause.
Daffodil Day, recongised on August 22, raises vital funds for lifesaving cancer research, with most people in Australia being affected by the disease in one way or another.
In 2022 more than 100 people across the Wimmera were diagnosed with cancer.
The five-year survival rate has increased by 48 per cent over the past 30 years but cancer is still the leading cause of death in the state.