SALT LAKE CITY — Cancer patients got a much-needed boost from high school students in Roy. They took on a labor of love that ties into their love of growing and nurturing plants and giving back to their community.

On most days, students in Mr. Smith’s horticulture class at Roy High are in the greenhouse, but Friday, they’re working on a special project.

“My mom from CommonSpirit reached out and told me about Daffodil Days in March,” Colten Smith, a teacher at Roy High School, said.

Julie Steadman is the manager at CommonSpirit.

“I stepped into this role as manager, and shortly after, I realized I had missed a deadline to order daffodils for our patients.”

The colorful first flower of spring represents hope, and Steadman didn’t want her patients to go without. Smith’s students got ri

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