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Apologies for absence yesterday, the day got away from me.  The blog would have said something like, “really pleased Celtic pushed back so vocally against the illiberal and ill-conceived Offensive Behaviour Act”, but with less brevity.

Shortly before Christmas we launched the campaign to fund the construction of a school kitchen in Malawi through Mary’s Meals to mark the 10th anniversary of Celtic Quick News.  The project would cost £7000 and to get us there we scheduled a St Patrick’s Day dinner dance for next Friday, 14 March.

8 days out I am delighted to inform you the target money has been raised, Mary’s Meals already have £7000 in their bank, the project is officially funded and construction plans are underway.

That the money was raised ahead of the event was a surprise, although after 10 years of watching Celtic fans go about their business in this manner, it shouldn’t have been.

We received a remarkable donation from Patrick Foley’s Irish Bar & Restaurant in Gent, and Barney Vallely’s Irish Pub in Cologne, who between them raised €2600.

You don’t think of Gent and Cologne as being big ‘Celtic towns’.  I’m sure they are not, but there enough Celtic fans in each city to form a proper community.  Their work has been incredible and a real inspiration.  Thank you to Patrick, Charlie and their patrons.  Special thanks to Kolncelt, who orgainsed the entire effort, but has had to cancel his trip to Glasgow next week.

This gave us a problem, of course, The Show is going ahead next week, but the kitchen at the Kholoni Primary School is already paid for, what will be our focus next week.  Here is a remind of what that £7000 is going to achieve:

Mary’s Meals feed 822,142 kids each day across some of the most impoverished areas of the world.  The global average annual cost per child is £10.70, and is only £7 in Malawi, where the Kholoni Primary School is.

Kitchens are brick constructed and fully stocked with stoves, pots, serving utensils, mugs and cutlery.  They also have a wall-mounted blackboard, so the room can be used as a classroom outside of meal times.

The charity started in 2002 when founder Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow met a mother dying of AIDS, and her child, whose only ambition was to have enough food to eat.

93% of money raised goes directly to the needy and, where possible, the 65,000 volunteers who keep the project running are drawn from parents and relatives of the children being fed.

The impact in Malawi, 17th poorest country by UN measures, is significant.  Mary’s Meals provide a daily meal to 20% of the countries primary school aged children.  The impact is more than just feeding the hungry, two years after a Mary’s Meals project in Malawi starts, school enrolment is up an average of 30%, leading to higher educational achievements, and a better chance in life.

I’m open to ideas on what to focus on next week but my instinct is to get back onto Mary’s Meals and ask where they next need a kitchen.

A couple of pairs of tickets have become available for Friday’s CQteN St Patrick’s Day at the Kerrydale Suite, Celtic Park.  £50 per ticket, dinner, dancing, two acts, Irish dancers; it is shaping up to be quite an event.  Email Tony if you want to be there, cqnbooks@gmail.com

We have a donations page for CQN Mary’s Meals’ projects, if you would like to help out, you can do so here.

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  9. valentinesday on

    SSN….Stokesy charged wae assaulting Elvis impersonator,

     

    meanwhile over the southside money laundering, tax evasion,

     

    and eff knows what else go’s on unreported……btw well done

     

    Stokesy.

  11. AlbertKiddCSC on

    Shame for Stokesy, he’s played really well the last few games with the introduction of Leigh.

     

     

    His all round workrate has been fantastic, he’s been like a hound dog chasing down defenders.

  12. The Token Tim on

    Glasgowdave/traditionalist 88,

     

     

    yep QPR with a £60m turnover (including sky money!!) had a wage bill last year of £78m.

     

    and they were still relegated.

     

     

    Despite this, (or because of?) they are planning on building a new 40,000 capacity stadium. Loftus Rd only holds 18,000.

     

     

    I watched the recent QPR v Leeds game. A big game for both teams chasing promotion to the Premiership.

     

    QPR didnt fill their own part(s) of the ground. Leeds did have a decent support but also looked like spare room too.

     

     

    Question is, how will QPR fill a 40,000 ground even in the Promised Land of the EPL???

     

    They dont have the same draw as many of the London teams.

     

    Tony Fernandes, has worked wonders with AirAsia, but i doubt he’ll do the same again with QPR.

     

     

    Abramovich may have “worked wonders” with Chelsea, but at a cost of almost £1BILLION. They still run at a loss, almost season after season, despite then CEO Peter Kenyon’s claim in 2008 that they would hope to break even by 2010/11 – they had a loss of almost £61million!

     

    They did show a profit of just over £1m in 2011/12.

     

    However they then showed a loss of just under £50m for 2012/13.

     

     

    I really hope UEFA can bring FPP to the table, but is the EPL the promised land for Celtic?

     

     

    HAIL! HAIL!

     

    Token

  14. The Token Tim on

    Hebcelt and others,

     

     

    i see that some CQNers are talking about the table numbers they are seated at.

     

     

    Was this info posted somewhere? if so, can you point me in its direction?

     

    Ive not heard/seen anything as yet.

     

     

    HAIL! HAIL!

     

    Token

  16. bamboo on

    In the town of Verdun in NE France drinking with some locals and was surprised when they started singing god save the queen in french. It was the song of the Verdun rugby club but the french lyrics were a bit different.

     

    They translated for me and it went something like ” my grandmother has the balls of my grandfather (dead I hope) nailed to the living-room wall as he had the best balls in all france”.

  18. Tallybhoy on

    All those who are accusing Anto of assaulting the Elvis impersonator just have suspicious minds.

     

     

    HH!!

  20. eddieinkirkmichael on

    Come on guys Don’t be Cruel on Stoksey he could end up In The Ghetto. I think we should have A Little Less Conversation on this issue as he will be All Shook Up over this incident and it’s not as if he’s the Devil in Disguise.

  22. skyisalandfill c'mon wee Oscar on

    Survey completed.

     

    OK who’s drawn the short straw and is sharing table 41 with little ole me?

  24. Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan supports Oscar Knox, MacKenzie Furniss and anyone else who fights Neuroblastoma on

    Auldheid @16:25

     

     

    Broadcasting? The Future? and all that stuff? Don’t get me started — you know I can go onn forever about what I think is the future on this kind of stuff and where it can go.

     

     

    Should Celtic ( and any other major club ) have had someone at the World Mobile Phone Conference in Barcelona last week?

     

     

    Too Bloody Right they should have!!!

  25. greendreamz on

    Auldheid

     

    15:43 on

     

    6 March, 2014

     

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    Being the cynic that I am I was suggesting that the (only) just announced statement from the PLC was made with an eye on the turnover and not on any concern for the victims of the Bill?

     

     

    Lawell and McBride were signatories (is that legally correct terminology?) to the Bill……and by extension the PLC so that makes them complicit IMO

     

     

    Wheres the contradiction in that?

  26. Drambowiecelt on

    Responding to a quip from Stokes on the merits of his clients performance.

     

    Col Pom Tarker put forward his view that “The accused impersonates a striker every week” So don’t be cruel.

     

     

     

     

     

    rcacsc

  27. The Token Tim on

    Gordon_J,

     

     

    ah that will explain it.

     

    Doc has my ticket.

     

     

    I’ll drop him a mail.

     

     

    Thanks!

     

     

    HAIL! HAIL!

     

    Token

  29. valentinesday on

    eddieinkirkmichael

     

     

    Table 34 rules ok…looking forward to sharing a meal with you

     

    and your daughter at CQteN.

  30. Tallybhoy on

    Elvis is, of course, still alive and living on a secret base on the dark side of the moon.

     

     

    Along with Albert Einstein, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Adolf Hitler…and many others.

     

     

    HH!!

  33. hebcelt on

    VP no prob with a hipflask, I,m taking a hot water bottle holds much more a very flexible!! Hail Hail Hebcelt

  34. weeman67 on

    I heard that the Elvis impersonator stood on Tony’s Blue (but hopefully Green) suede shoes,,??

  35. Geordie Munro on

    Is this the same Elvis/ stokesy story that was doing the rounds months and months ago?

     

     

    Or is he just an habitual Elvis basher?

     

     

    Either way lenny should read him the Riot Act and stokesy really should have more Peace, Love and Understanding.

     

     

    Wrongelvis csc

  37. glasgowdave on

    Voguepunter

     

    Thanks for the seating plan. I’m in table 48, the nearest to the door, so I suppose we will be doubling up as the cloakroom , please tip generously when checking in your beanies.

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