Hingham High School Has Most Successful 'Daffodil Days' Campaign

This year, Hingham High School had its most successful "Daffodil Days" campaign ever by raising $4,255 for the American Cancer Society with the sales of spring flowers.

With the help of students, faculty, staff and parents, Hingham High School raised almost $2,000 more than they did last year.  They also exceeded this years’ goal by more than $1,000.

HHS secretary Monica Black coordinated the campaign and said the parents were the biggest contributors .

“The envelopes kept coming in non-stop this year,” Black said. “One parent even made sure every one of her employees contributed in some way.”

 Last year the school raised $2,785 from sales and donations, compared to the $1,300 they raised in 2011 and the $835 they raised in 2010. 

“Daffodil Days," is a nation-wide program  designed to sell daffodils to raise money for cancer research and to support cancer victims and their families. 

“Each week we get a different story whether it’s a co-worker or relative that is stricken by cancer,” Black said. “ I would hope someday that we could be onto some other charity that is not needing the science, the support programs that they (American Cancer Society) offer.”

Black took a special interest in the campaign because her son Ian was a cancer patient as a child and was treated at the Children’s Hospital Boston with a brain tumor.  Ian, now 26, has been cancer free for 24 years, but his mother will not stop giving back to the cancer organizations because she knows what it feels like to have a family member with the disease.

Black has been coordinating this campaign since she worked at the Plymouth River Elementary School several years ago. This is now her fourth year organizing it at the high school and it has been growing each year.

The orders are expected to be in by this week.