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Vol. LXI, No. 42
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007
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Vol. LXI, No. 42
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007
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Volunteers will come together to plant thousands of daffodil bulbs in the area in front of Princeton Borough Hall at the intersection of route 206 and 27, this Saturday, October 20, at 9:30 a.m.
The event, “Fields of Hope,” is being sponsored by Live for Pink, Inc., a New Jersey non-profit organization, which hopes to eradicate late stage breast cancer diagnoses and support the search for a cure for breast cancer.
“Our vision is that the spring flowers will inspire hope and bring a smile to everyone passing by,” said Kingston resident Orla Mejia, Founding Partner of Live For Pink, Inc.
“The daffodil is the international symbol of hope adopted by cancer societies throughout the world because of they way they push through the hard earth after the long winter, months thus lending themselves perfectly to the Field of Hope project,” said Ms. Mejia.
A Kingston resident, Ms. Mejia founded the non-profit together with Darla Donnellan and Jacqueline Robicheau. The three friends had participated in cancer awareness and fundraising activities for cancer victims and cancer research, and decided to form their efforts into an “all-volunteer fundraising organization dedicated to playing a supporting role in the fight against breast cancer by funding local and national programs that share our ultimate goal.
“We believe that by coming together our power strengthens and our passion is multiplied,” said Ms. Mejia. “We truly believe that life without the fear of breast cancer can be a reality.”
The Princeton planting will be the first of five that will add some 20,000 daffodils bulbs to the Princeton area. Each bulb will be planted to “honor, remember, or support someone who has been affected by cancer.”
On Sunday, October 21, volunteers will plant between 3,000 and 3,500 bulbs at Dobin Park in South Brunswick. A similar number of bulbs will be placed in Veterans Park, on Saturday, October 27, and in Beech Woods Park, on Sunday, October 28, both in South Brunswick.
A larger number of bulbs, some 7,500, will be planted on Saturday, November 3 at Princeton Forrestal campus.
“We are still accepting volunteers at every locale except for the Beech Woods Park,” said Ms. Mejia, who said that in return for a donation to the project, individuals may dedicate a daffodil to honor a special person in their lives.
For more information, call (609) 240-4503, or visit: www.liveforpink.org.