Cindy Adams, office manager at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences' Personnel Services, receives her recent daffodil delivery from Danny Brainard of University Mail Services. Photo by Rose Lincoln.

March came in like a lion this year with the roaring success of the annual "Daffodil Day," the fundraiser that supports the American Cancer Society. Sales of the dazzling yellow spring flowers reached an all-time University high of $28,475, which is $4,000 more than last year.

The Harvard community has donated more than $222,000 to the American Cancer Society since 1988, a feat made possible by the 94 University-wide coordinators, whose efforts increase the annual donation every year. The Cambridge, Allston, and Boston campuses are all represented by these volunteer coordinators.

The friendly competition among schools and departments for the most bouquets sold continued this year. Leading in sales was the the Law School, which edged out the Development Office by just three bouquets of daffodils. Top salesperson honors go to Maureen Griffin and Kay Lawless of the Law School with sales of $3,225, Peter Conlin of the Development Office with sales of $3,210, and Mary Sadler of the School of Public Health with sales of $2,540. More than 100 bouquets of flowers were sold by: Stacy Buckley of Planning & Real Estate; Karen Collins, HBS Printing and Publishing Services; Patti Gorman of the Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, Jennifer Hayes of the Graduate School of Education's Immigration Project; Elizabeth Karpati of the Business School M.B.A. Course Services; and Janice Rand Vaughn of the Kennedy School Office of Service.

Especially valiant this year were Ursula Moore and the Harvard University Mail Services Staff, who volunteered to deliver 5,596 bouquets of daffodils to 93 different locations.

The University's Office of the Vice President for Government, Community and Public Affairs coordinates this annual fundraiser and expressed gratitude to everyone who participated. This year, as usual, the Harvard community is responsible for the highest volume of daffodil sales in the state. The response from the American Cancer Society's regional director, Ann Brady, was "Thank you, thank you, totally unbelievable and awesome."