It is the mark of a charitable event, 28th of August to be exact.
Daffodil is a kind of flowers which its bloom is referred by most to be the commencement of joyful season, Spring and the end of the gloomy Winter. As of this year, although the official day of Spring is 1st September, these yellow spirits came out 2 weeks early.
The NZ Cancer Society set out to collect donations from the general public by selling daffodils. 3 dollars is the minimum.
About 20 blooms have been sitting in our vase. Hopefully, they will last for at least one week.
Unfortunately unlike Christchurch , Auckland is not a garden city. Despite that, driving in the rush hours along busy streets at this time of the year doesn’t cause too much distress compared with when trees along the streets or roads standing there with barely a soul of leaves or flowers. In fact, getting stuck in the traffic is quite enjoyable with so many cherry blossoms surrounding. This does not apply to motorway though.
So much has been debated over how charitable money is being used. General public has demanded all charitable organisations to be transparent in every aspect of their expenditures. To our surprise as revealed recently, not so much was received by the poor souls. An estimate of only 20 to 25 percent of the money collected actually goes to intended receivers. A majority of the funds was used on publicity. Other fractions go to administrations & allowances of staff members.
It is recommended that you do your research properly before giving away your sweat and blood hard-earned cash as it has been found that some heads of organisations flew business class on money received from donors.
