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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Thanks bhoys
Christmas is a truly magical reflective and also difficult time all in one
Its been a difficult year for many on the blog (myself included)
so enjoy what you have while you can and appreciate this great platform that we have (thanks Paul)
don’t let the haters win
HH
GORDYBHOY64-blame TONYROME:-))) he started it :-))) the odds of us meeting the way we did was a million to one,though I’m glad we did pal,good group of guys although s spilling a pint over my wife’s sunbed did break the ice:-))))
Night all, to everyone on here, all my best wIshes.
Been a crazy 6 months for me however we are still standing. .
Looks like the Lhad has secured Dens tickets, which is lovely, so it’s definitely cold cuts on Boxing Day. Not such a bad thing.
There are a lot of good people out there, remember to look to them for guidance. If that fails, look for a good lawyer, good luck with that. Hail! Hail!
Fairhill Bhoy,
yeah great time indeed,
though that was far from the only drink spilled that weekend
Did someone say they needed a lawyer?! :)
Seriously, merry Christmas (for those so inclined) and happy holidays (if you are not so inclined) to all of you, your friends and family.
Boxing Day fitba
Dundee United at tannadiche
Telll all the Huns you know you’ll never sell Ricksen or Flo, no you’ll never sell Ricksen or Flo
Lochee CSC
Leigh Griffiths was playing extremely well then Leigh Griffiths was, almost suddenly, not playing very well at all. Something in his life has changed. I know not what.
Goodnight all,
JJ
Wee Christmas tune from Home Alone
https://youtu.be/5kHH6LJpEbQ
GORDYBHOY64-best wee holiday ever nice and quiet I said to the wife,ten minutes later two Celtic fans check in then three then four etc etc:-))
Fairhill Bhoy,
even the huns we brought were ok ;-))
My Christmas song …
It was on a Sunday evening…….
Merry Christmas to all Tims who contribute here………….
…….and a good New Year.
HH.
Wise words at 9.33 Dena and beautifully put.
GORDYBHOY 64- to be fair they were the life and soul for a while:-)))
Watching the film as good as it gets,brilliant
Would quiet like to have lived next to this family growing up
https://youtu.be/vcCra4g9bc8
A very happy Christmas to each and everyone who reads CQN. My thanks to Paul67 who created this space for Celtic supporters the world over.
May you all have what you wish for at this time. God bless you all.
GFTB-BMCUWP has something,don’t know what it is but he has it spades:-)))
In
Thunder Road 10.14pm
Hope you have a great Christmas fellow Cektuc fan :-)
Like that Lennybhoy, BMCUP and Philbhoy delighted to have mr you ☘️☘️
Good night Timland
Cyber hugs to one and all
HH
Fairhill Bhoy 10.22
Bobby has patience his dad Cosy Corner Bhoy is a star :-)
Wait till you meet them in real life :-)
Roy Croppie
Brilliant to see you back on and what a tale!
Interesting choice of music they had and it might just confirm something I was suspicious about.
Had bother with a kidney years ago and the 1st attempt to solve it was getting a minor op.
This involved an endoscopic procedure in through my wee man and I always felt they were at the wind up as they were playing You’ve lost that loving feeling while they carried out the op.
Think they like to have a little fun at our expense?
Corkcelt
I read your post earlier Weet Weet Weet might delete my mobile number or kick me in the nether region but he is off to Aberdeen to visit his brother for the Christmas holidays, only posting this Corkcelt in case you were worried…. I will take the flak if Weet Weet goes aff his heid :-)
THUNDER ROAD-merry Christmas pal
Roy C- wow. Have a great day tomorrow S.HH
****Last Man Standing 9-we have a winner****
Good Evening and Happy Christmas Eve to you all folks
After 13 weeks of predicting, we have a Last Man Standing, fittingly in time for Christmas
3 teams entered the final week making the following predictions
stpatricksbhoy Motherwell
LiamInToronto Motherwell
Paddy McCourt CSC Hibs
So it’s a massive congrats to Paddy McCourt CSC who nets a whopping £795 thanks to Lenny’s Hibs, and just in time for Christmas.
Well done also to our two runners up, Liam in Toronto ( who matched his brother’s performance in LMS8) and StPatricksBhoy who were so close, and thanks to CQN books each will receive signed copies of Jim Craig’s “Back to 67” and Bertie’s “That Season in Paradise”.
Our losing semi-finalists, One Malloy, A Source Said and The Lurker will also receive a Lisbon print from a choice of 3, thanks to Replicup.
We will be in touch with all of our winners very soon.
Of course the heart of our competition is to raise money for good causes and Walk WIth Shay and The Oscar Knox Fund will share a total amount of £875 split equally between them. Two wonderful causes.
LMS now takes a wee rest, and Goals Galore is back and starts very soon on 30th December.
We are now accepting early registration for Goals Galore 3. (So get emailing us at cqnpredictor@gmail.com. Newcomers welcome), which will support BRTH’s Mary Meals fundraising to feed school kids in Liberia.
All monies raised and donated through Goals Galore 3, will be matched and therefore count double, hence our early start date of 30 December,
More details to follow on Boxing Day.
Thank you for your support in our competitions, and may we take this opportunity to wish you all a peaceful and restful ( or manic if you prefer) Christmas
HH
CRC and Jobo
GFTB,was it you who mentioned Tannadice trips in the 80’s?
Remember driving up there to watch us being battered as Ralph Milne , Eammon Bannon and Paul Sturrock handed us a lessons n in counter attack football. It was around 23rd December in a rearranged league game.
Hopefully the Boxing Day trio to Dundee will be less painful.
To my old pal Weet 3, stay strong big guy, catch a beer soon HH
Fellow Cqners
Good night n god bless, appreciate what we have some don’t
Tiocfaidh at la
at – ar
Congratulations to Paddy McCourt CSC
Jmccormick 22.45pn
Trust you to get me posting again
Badger McKinklay (Billy) probably drank in the Thistle with Weet Weet Weet !!!!?
Thanks Gerry.
Sometimes reluctant to come on here but you always make it a friendly and fun place to be.
GORDTBHOY 64
Only if your house was sound proof and theirs was made of glass.
KEEP THE FAITH
GFTB
Sorry, off to bed now. Enjoy the best day of the year if you have kids in the home.
HH
Bada 10.45pm
He is one of the best
Jmccormick
Young daughter at 8
Granddaughter at 2
Am watching the links sausages for our Christmas steak pie :-)