Scarcely a week goes by without me asking you to support Mary’s Meals. This year, every school day, over 5,000 kids in Malawi or Liberia ate a meal paid for by CQN’ers, or ate in a school kitchen built by the money you raised.
By now, you know as well as I do, the impact this has. School attendance increased by an average of 30% where these meals were provided, as kids don’t need to work for their food. They are educated, learning skills, which will provide life-long improvements in earning capacity and opportunities.
Being better nourished also makes them healthier; mortality rates will improve as fewer succumb to the afflictions of extreme poverty. All because you donated a few pounds here and there.
Alzheimer Scotland were in touch after you raised an incredible sum for them after we learned of Billy McNeill’s condition:
“Thank you so much for supporting the work of Alzheimer Scotland by raising £3264.37 through your BT MyDonate page “Celtic fans for Alzheimer Scotland”.
Dementia is a major health and social care challenge in Scotland and there are currently over 90,000 people with dementia, a number that is expected to double within the next 25 years.
Our work includes:
• Provide our network of Dementia Advisors across Scotland to support people with dementia, their families and carers and work with local communities to make them more dementia-friendly.
• Support funding Dementia Nurses post in every health board in Scotland to lead vital improvements in dementia care.
• Provide our freephone 24-hour Dementia Helpline (0808 808 3000)
• Fund the Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre in partnership with the University of Edinburgh
• Campaign for the rights of people with dementia
Best wishes and thank you again for your fundraising support we really do appreciate it.
Gillian Dimmock, Fundraising Support Officer.”
For 13 years we have held the CQN Charity Golf Day in Aberdour, the summer focus of our fundraising. This year, CelticRollerCoaster wrote on behalf of the Walk with Shay campaign, who received £1300 from the CQN Golf Day. Shay (4) suffers from Cerebral Palsy and will need help, not available on the NHS, to sit, walk and lead as normal a life as most of us take for granted:
“Thank you for the fantastic £1300 raised at the CQN Golf Day and for the thousands more CQN’ers contributed to Walk for Shay throughout the year. The great news is that Shay’s development has really benefited. The impact you have made on one small boy is incalculable.”
After receiving a donation from the Golf Day, The Celtic FC Foundation wrote:
“Thank you so much for the wonderful donation of £1,100.00 which has been allocated to our 2017 Christmas Appeal.
“The Appeal reflects the very heart of the Club’s charitable and humble beginnings as it aims to follow in the footsteps of Brother Walfrid, providing comfort to those on our doorstep.
“This year, we want to help around 300 local families facing poverty, to provide a meal on the table and gifts for the kids. We want to bring the magic of Christmas to those homes. We are also looking to help vulnerable local pensioners to ease the financial burden at a challenging time of year plus a number of other local charities who support those experiencing homelessness or other disadvantage.
“The generosity and compassion of the Celtic Family is unique and unsurpassed and CQN’s gesture is a perfect example of that.
“Please pass on our thanks for Sharing the Spirit of Celtic this Christmas to all those involved.”
The Celtic FC Foundation is now an integral part of being a Celtic supporter. You did not just contribute at the Golf Day, on dozens of occasions throughout the year, you answered the call to get involved. Last week, we learned it wasn’t just 300 families who benefited from the Spirit of Celtic, Christmas campaign:
435 families in Glasgow and Lanarkshire in poverty and hardship were assisted. Aid also went to vulnerable pensioners in the city, hundreds of our homeless, vulnerable women and men, while gifts were given to the chronically sick children in our community. The Foundation reached those in need in London, Ireland and as far as Canada.
Being able to invest the emotional energy into supporting a football team is more than many in our communities can manage, as all their energies go towards survival. But this is how the Celtic Story began, among the destitute and hungry. How lucky we are to be anchored to this football club, to these values.
You did all of this and more in 2017. It is humbling to see so many great people do so much, so often. You are a constant inspiration. Thank you.
Have a peaceful and loving Christmas.
NEW CQN PODCAST OUT NOW! CHRISTMAS JUMPERS FOR GOALPOSTS
Paul John Dykes and Kevin Graham are joined by Celtic authors, Stephen Sullivan and Stevie Murray for a special festive episode – Christmas Jumpers for Goal-Posts.
Stephen Sullivan is a former Celtic View reporter who wrote the much-lauded Sean Fallon biography, ‘Iron Man’. He is now the editor of FIFA.com.
Stevie Murray has now written two books on Celtic – ‘Ten Men Won The League’ and ‘Kenny of the Celtic’ – and he is a respected and authoritative voice on the club.
Treat yourself to a signed copy of Jim Craig – Right Back to 67 and you will receive a copy of That Season on Paradise signed by Bertie Auld, just order the Jim Craig book at CQNbookstore.co.uk and we’ll do the rest…
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Hi Bhoys
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU.
PAUL 67
Can you tell me if the Mary’s meals charity shop on Duke St. is tied into the charity work you do on here for Mary’s meals.
BMCWP
From last article YER A BAD MAN
BIG JIMMY
Haven’t seen anything from you for a while I hope your well big man and it’s just technical problems your having.
Below is copied from BBC website:-
Plans by Rangers manager Graeme Souness to build thousands of houses on green belt land behind the EuroPark development near the M8 in Lanarkshire have suffered a blow as council chiefs issued a legal order protecting trees on the site. (Sunday Mail)
THIS BIT IS MINE
Never mind the obvious mistake but have these houses got anything to do with Murray and Milne. If they are it might well go a long way to explaining why all 3 have the same opinion when it comes to the move on initiative we continually are subjected to from these cretins and their press minions. Also what industry is BUDGE involved in?
KEEP THE FAITH
Heading off to the vigil so would like to take this opportunity to wish each and everyone a happy Christmas..
KTF ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
BT 3.33pm
Hope your not counting vigil as a normal Sunday mass :-)
Back from KWIK Fit and some present delivering. Thankfully Xmas dinnners is very much my wife’s territory, I do a couplle of side dishes but get back in the groove with left over stuff on the next two days.
Got a notion to try a couple of new things over the holidays. First though I need one ticket for Dens. Enjoy your Xmas Eve everyone.
Might not get on tomorrow so just want to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and a peaceful, prosperous New Year
Gerry
Was at 10am this morning so this is 2nd time today..
St John Ogilvie at 4.30 then Larkhall for a couple of hours
BT 3.45pm
:-)
Enjoy, when most hear or read the word Larkhall people think of the Huns, myself, it’s Paul McStay :-)
JMCCORMICK on 24TH DECEMBER 2017 12:01 PM
I see that Neil McCann lost his father this weekend. Surely we can leave the personal insults alone?
*wee Eddie; he was a personal friend of my late uncle, Googy Bhoys tae, through racing pigeons. The wee soul seller is a big doo fan and once told my uncle that if he ever made it tae a big club he would go over tae the continent and buy him and his da the two best pigeons he could find.
After signing for deidco my uncle jokingly asked Eddie what happened tae the 2 doos, his response and no in jest was that he hudnae signed for a big club yet.
RIP wee Eddie.
“Despite the repealing of the Act in 1686, the suppression of Christmas in Scotland effectively lasted for 400 years, with December 25 only becoming a public holiday in 1958. Boxing Day was not recognised as a festive holiday until 1974”
Makes me wonder how many CQN’rs had miserable childhoods around this festive time of year.
Big bad fire for you Celtsrella
Sorry…..Celtarella
OK,first,a Very Happy Christmas to all CQN punters,including Neganon,who knows,I ,really love him very much.
For a very,very ,Christmas present to all,I am giving you a very special pass to The Bears Den,Monkey Media,to laugh,in the abcence of Morecame and Wise,on this Christmas Eve,your bollox off at their great despair,and,wait for it,their small glimmer of hope,some billionaire is coming this year,to save them.
Ho Ho Ho
God Bless All.Off to Midnight Mass at Marys House.Not too religious myself,but Mrs TB,cannot stay away.Cries every time.A wee hun as well.
Mags
I have told my good lady the day I get a terrible disease like that just fling me in a home and don’t spare any expense …. I won’t know anyway :-)
Hope you are enjoying our footballs team domination (in Scotland:-)
GFTB
who? :)
of course I am mate!
Lets see how long our Europa run will be.
I suspect it will be very telling.
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Afternoon all
Just watching Scooge with A Sim and G Cole. Fran has just died. Gets me everytime.
Merry Christmas to everybody who reads this.
Slainte
Jimbo67
Celtarella
Zenit will be difficult but am hoping Lyon is the Seville I missed (because my burd at that time, Celtic fan, didn’t let me go)
Hope you have a great Christmas and sometimes your Celticness shines through, P67’s blog needs all of our opinions, I know it’s the place I go to to bump my gums about our team
Thought i’d just nip in to say Merry Christmas to Paul 67 and all CQNers .
Fantastic work highlighted by Paul.
I’d expect nothing less from Celtic supporters.
At this time of year, inevitably thoughts turn to those we have lost .
RIP Dad and to all CQNers whose families are mourning their loss , I will keep you all in my prayers.
God bless all here
HH
Hail hail Mary’s Meals! Great effort by all involved just a pity in a world of so much wealth that people still can’t afford to send their kids to school on a full stomach, share more, love more!
Happy Christmas to one and all!
Paul 67, Invincible Winning Captains and everyone involved in CQN, thank you for your efforts over the last year. As l had to take forced retirement after a serious illness a few years ago, CQN has been a fantastic resource for me, and your efforts are greatly appreciated by this Celt, so heartfelt thanks, and more power to your….. eh …… keyboard.
Brendan Rodgers, Chris Davies and all of the coaching staff, and all of the players, thank you for your supreme efforts over the last eighteen months. An invincible treble is a noteworthy achievement in the history of our great club, and as you all know this is a club which specialises in noteworthy achievements. Good luck in the remainder of this season. You all stand on the cusp of an immortal place in the history of Celtic Football Club, if we push on and win the ten. Win, lose or draw though, and as long as you give your very best in our clubs’ name, you have this Celts support.
To all of my fellow posters on CQN, from the deepest subterranean mineshafter, to the stonedest happy clapper, and everyone in between, thank you for the groans and gripes; the facts and figures; the laughs and larks. CQN really is a car crash between the inane and the insane.
I am no Christian, but in the history of the world, the traditional seasonal message of peace to all men (and women) has never held such resonance. We live in a dangerous and cruel world. Some are consuming our earths precious and irreplaceable resources at an alarming rate, whilst others, mostly innocents, starve or are bombed. In the U.K. (sic?), we seem to be climbing into our tree house and pulling the ladder up behind us at a time when the human race face global problems that will require global solutions.
To all of you from myself and Mrs H, best wishes over the holidays, and all of the best of good fortune in the New Year. To those suffering the pain of bereavement, or bearing a heavy personal burden, my thoughts are especially with you.
Hail Hail.
Burghbhoy
Hope you don’t mind me posting but still remember when you were going to the first game after your dad passed
They might not be here now but they never leave us
Hail Hail
When all else fails,and your life is in ruins,what else is there to do,but resort to bigotry.
Only thing is,when you wake up in the mornining,nothing has changed.The nightmare goes on.
.Williamson.
You’re twistin’ my melon man…
.Williamson.
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14 hours ago, falkirkNS said:
The only fight about us now mate, the fight of the Loyalist Rangers supporters.
Balaclava loyal mate.
Handwringers like to pretend we aren’t the life blood of this club, but without a doubt we are.
@Bluepeter9 hates it
Hunderbirds 5.18pm
Well said, through CQN am delighted to have met your good self and many others as BMCUWP has posted. I have yet to meet a bad Cqner (they dont exist :-)
No Cqn clique unless you are not a Celtic fan, and apart from being at the games this is the place to be
HAPPY HOOOOOOOOPY BIRTHDAY to
The mild mannered missus of our mild mannered friend
Have a smashing day,Maria!!!
HH.
HAPPY HOOOOOOOOOOOPY BIRTHDAY to
Ma COWIEBHOY!!!
She raised a fine lad.
HH.
CELTERELLA
I’ve never had a miserable Christmas,and I’m a grinch.
CELTARELLA on 24TH DECEMBER 2017 4:35 PM
“Despite the repealing of the Act in 1686, the suppression of Christmas in Scotland effectively lasted for 400 years, with December 25 only becoming a public holiday in 1958. Boxing Day was not recognised as a festive holiday until 1974″ Makes me wonder how many CQN’rs had miserable childhoods around this festive time of year.
*I left school in 1963 and Christmas Day was not a holiday in the building trade although they did get an extra day at New Year, being an apprentice with the nation’s biggest home builder who were based in Hammersmith I was paid for Christmas and Boxing Day. I came over here in ’68 but returned a year later and it was a holiday then.
It’s effectively a lot less than 400 years About 330. . The point is valid,but the arithmetic is skewed.
But then,that’s our Bhoy. He’s not a rocket scientist.
(Brain the size of Britain though,and a personality to match)
GERRYFAETHEBRIG
Cheers Gerry. Enjoyed meeting you and I enjoy your posts. We will need to get more of a blather next time wee meet.
Best wishes and the best of luck in the New Year to your beloved and the wee blade :)
HUNDERBIRDSAREGONE
The pleasure of meeting yourself and your better half was entirely mine.
Aye,it’s a great place.
Aye,it can rip yer knitting at times.
Drives you up the wall at times anaw,but you know what?
Yeezuraw diamonds.
HH
We meet. That’s we, no wee
BMCUW
Cheers M, and all the best to you. Cyber pint o the black stuff on me. ;-)
HH
./ ./ Got no money, rookie manager,
Out of Europe, Progrês none.
This whole season, Folly Folly,
Merry Xmas, every Hun. ././.
Any watchers on the Hun finances,must surely be looking at the month of January.Not a penny coming in for a period of 1 month,as the play,Fraserbirgh away in the cup.They usually have 7 or 8 thousand dafties paying at the gate,which keeps the lights on,twice a month,but ,not jauary.Some pockets better be very deep,methinks.
All good on the Eastern front.
TONTINE TIM on 24TH DECEMBER 2017 5:53 PM
CELTARELLA on 24TH DECEMBER 2017 4:35 PM
Why would you get so hung up on this.It was a bitter Prebysterian,country,We all know that.Instead of looking at the past,look at how we have flourished.Since the date you mentioned in 1958,there has been a seismic change in Scotland.apart fro the old bastions of Hunnism.Golf clubs,SFA,thats about it.Used to include Bowling clubs in ,its gone.Tomorrow is Green,tomorrow is Tim,dont look back,look forward.
Sorry for the mistakes in last post,Turkish internet going mental.I am sure you all got my sentiments
Hunderbirds
We would have more of a blether if that Thunder Road didn’t send me to the bar for his round every half hour :-)
Next time is a date :-)
TURKEYBHOY
Sadly,I don’t think it is. Yes,it’s much improved,but we still come from one very sectarian village.
Its mibbe only when we leave that village that we realise how sectarian it is. But being away from it for half a lifetime ,that’s no excuse to forget what it is.
Wow! The OBAF Act came from a Golf Club?
Who knew?
And that’s looking at now.