Letters to the editor: Cancer Society grateful to donors after Daffodil day cancelled

The familiar yellow Daffodil Day pins were missing from lapels again this year. Photo / Supplied

For the second year in a row, Covid interrupted the Cancer Society's most important fundraising event, our Daffodil Day street appeal.

For a charity dependent on the generosity of communities across our region, it was a disappointing blow and particularly concerning as we know Covid brings added stress for people with cancer.

During lockdown, our nurses contactlessly deliver more meals to people with cancer. They spend more time talking with clients on the phone to offer information, support and reassurance. And our Cancer Society's Lions Lodge stays open longer so guests don't have to travel across the region.

To have our most important fundraiser taken away during this time of heightened need was devastating. But once again the generosity of our communities and the value they place on the Cancer Society's work has been gratifying.

To our volunteers who worked so hard in preparation for Daffodil Day, we thank you. You may not have seen your efforts come to fruition, but we recognise and appreciate your dedication.

And to the communities who fundraised for us or gave generously online when we couldn't take to the streets with our collection buckets, we are so grateful. Your support ensures that despite these uncertain times we can continue to be there for people impacted by cancer.

Shelley Campbell
Chief executive, Waikato-Bay of Plenty Cancer Society

Phone numbers, please

I have sent an email to Rotorua Lakes Council explaining the issue of cash-paying ratepayers who did not have internet banking in paying their rates on August 20.

There was no mention on the Covid page about making payment.

I was concerned with the penalty fees the council would charge on unpaid rates.

The council building to the public is still closed, which is alarming for people wanting to pay their rates.

Please council, advise details of people who are contactable by phone.

Mark Gould
Owhata

Near-empty parliament a farce

I, too, am in the camp that does not see the point in a physical parliament.

No need to cling to old-school methods, we have so much technology at our disposal now.

A near-empty parliament insisted upon by National and Act was a farce.

Get with the times, forget political differences and unite against this enemy, which has the potential to infect anybody, regardless of their political persuasion.

Lesley Haddon
Rotorua

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