The Canadian Cancer Society is turning to the public for support for Daffodil Place.
The 24-room facility offers affordable accommodations for cancer patients who must travel to St. John’s for care and treatment.
COVID-19 forced Daffodil Place to close for three months but reopened in July.
Earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic Daffodil Place was forced to close their doors.
They have since re-opened and are back to serving Newfoundlanders and Labradorians living with Cancer.
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The director of revenue development with the Canadian Cancer Society, Al Pelley, says their annual operating costs are in the range of $700,000 dollars but COVID has added to those costs.
This year it will be more like $775,000 dollars due to added cleaning supplies, training and PPE among other things.
In-person fundraising events had to be suspended because of the pandemic, leaving the Canadian Cancer Society with up to $1 million dollars less to work with this year.
VOCM is hosting a 24-hour radiothon starting 8:00 a.m. Thursday, November 19th in aid of the Canadian Cancer Society.
