The People: Harold Ford

Harold is also a member of the organising committee of the Bathurst Relay but his work for the Cancer Council does not stop there. Harold who is in his seventies kept up as we strode out from Bathurst P.S. He told me of the loss of his sister to cancer before she was thirty. At an age when most people are taking life a little easier, Harold collects boots from wherever he can and delivers them to Bathurst Gaol where the prisoners paint them in bright colours and drill holes in the soles. Harold then fills them with soil and plants daffodils that bloom just in time for Daffodil Day. He then organises the sale of his unique mementoes for the Cancer Council. It would take a very mean spirit not to admire the commitment that Harold shows to helping others.