August 27, 2017
A larger than usual crowd of more than 120 packed out the Nanango Cultural Centre at lunchtime on Friday for the town’s annual Daffodil Day lunch.
The lunch is a joint fundraiser for Queensland Cancer Council and the Nanango Hospital Auxiliary.
The annual event has been organised for many years by the Nanango Uniting Church Adult Fellowship to mark Daffodil Day, when all Australians are asked to buy a daffodil or a pin to help the Cancer Council’s ongoing effort to find a cure for the disease.
Guests at the event got to enjoy a two course lunch along with entertainment from the Blackbutt Singers, a guest speaker, lots of raffle prizes and a plant, fruit and vegetable and sweets stall.
They were also treated to beautiful displays of fresh daffodils, all lovingly grown each year by Margaret Quinlan.
Margaret was recently honoured for her decades of service to the community with the Nanango Tourism and Development Association’s inaugural Founders Day Awards.
She won Nanango’s outstanding Senior Citizen award for 2017 (the Junior Citizen award was won by Jae Clarke).
Organisers said they were surprised at the big roll-up for this year’s lunch, but delighted so many people would take time out to help the two worthy causes the luncheon supports.
The Blackbutt Singers also said they were having a fun time, singing an Abba Forever medley as the crowd took their seats and post-lunch duets to general acclaim.
Organisers are still uncertain exactly how much the day raised, but confidently expect a four-figure sum will be divided between the two causes.
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