Events for the 35th Annual Carbon-Tamaqua American Cancer Society Telethon:

• Carbon-Tamaqua Daffodil Campaign to Fight Cancer: Throughout February and March. Daffodil preorders are being taken now. To order, call Daffodil Chair Cary Sinclair at 570-669-7017 or write her at PO Box 33, Lansford. New this year, you can order daffodils online through

www.CancerTelethon.org.• High School Battle for Bucks: Now through April 6, sponsored by McCann School of Business & Technology. McCann is offering a cash prize to the high school student council which presents the most money on Telethon weekend. Contact Lori Kane at McCann.• Historic Celebration of the Tastes of Coal Region Communities: WMGH/WLSH are offering a limited edition reprint of the WLSH "Great Radio - Ask Your Neighbor" Cookbook for $15. On sale now, delivery before Easter.• Third Annual Tamaqua High School Mini-thon: March 8, proceeds benefit ACS Pediatric Cancer Research Initiatives.• ACS Chinese Auction - Lakeside Ballroom: March 23, annually, the biggest telethon fundraiser. Prizes include Xbox, $1,000 cash prize, Dell laptop, Kindle, iPad, heating oil and more, with more than 600 prizes. Anyone interested in donating or volunteering should contact co-chairs, mother and daughter, Mary Ann Dulaney and Jessica Kutza at

madula@ptd.net, or by calling 570-645-4228. Dulaney said the auction organizers are seeking volunteers to help approach businesses and ask for donations or prizes.• Daffodil Week - March 25-30.• Cancer Fighters' Dinner at New England Fire Company, March 30: Cocktail hour 5-6, dinner 6, program begins at 7. Featured speaker Richard C. Wender, MD, ACS Chief Cancer Control Officer. Special appearance by Bryn Harvey, Miss WilkesBarre/Scranton 2014. Tickets are $25 and available through Kathy Dombrosky, 570-573-2807.• Penn's Peak Benefit Concert, April 4, featuring 1960s headliner Larry Chance and the Earls, with local favorite Remember When.• 35th Annual American Cancer Society Telethon, April 5 and 6: Free admission, at Penn's Peak, televised by Blue Ridge TV 13 and Service Electric 90.