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furns
06-11-2015, 05:55 PM
GDay all,
Those of who who visited the front page over the last few days may have seen a donation section pop up - but as no-one queried it I assume you didnt ;)
We have now launched a charity campaign we have called #NewyHelps, please have a read of the article and go to the #NewyHelps links or all the details

THE SQUADRON LAUNCHES #NEWYHELPS CHARITY CAMPAIGN

http://www.newcastlefootball.net/home/2015/11/the-squadron-launches-newyhelps-charity-campaign/

The Squadron FSC (Football Supporters Club) Inc is very proud to announce we have launched a charity campaign that we have named #NewyHelps – as it’s all about the people of Newcastle helping their fellow Novocastrians during tough times. We are aiming to raise $3500 to fund two charity initiatives.

Our first initiative is to help families staying at Ronald McDonald House at John Hunter Hospital. Families staying at RMH are there because they have a child in hospital with a serious or life-threatening condition – and this can be a hugely stressful time for families to deal with. What this initiative aims to do is to provide the opportunity for a different family of up to 5 people each game to attend a Jets home fixture. and to be able to unwind and enjoy some time away for a few hours at the football.

These families will be seated in an open air box at Hunter Stadium with catering already paid for each family member and a Squadron scarf each. The only item the families will have to pay for is any drinks they wish to purchase.

As well as this, each family will be hosted for each game in their box by an ex-Newcastle Jets player. We are very honoured that we have been able to secure Joel Griffiths, Matt Thompson, Stu Musialik and Jobe Wheelhouse who have very graciously volunteered to host several different games each and to spend time with these families to make their experience truly memorable.

Our second initiative we are raising money for is Sam’s Fund for SUDEP (Sudden Unexplained Death due to EPilepsy). This fund was set up in memory of Squadron member Sam Taylor who passed away at the age of only 23 in May 2015. Sam’s Fund aims to raise awareness of SUDEP and to donate money for SUDEP research.

We are also pleased to announce that everyone who donates money to the #NewyHelps campaign via the website will be automatically entered into the #NewyHelps Fundraising Raffle. Every $5 donated will get 1 entry into the raffle, $25 will get you 6 entries. If you are unable to donate via the website, we will also be selling raffle tickets outside the Western Stand entry gates for the next few home games starting with the F3 Derby which will also be raising money twoards the donation target.

To donate to the campaign please go to newcastlefootball.net/newyhelps for the full details on the campiagn and raffle and to donate
Any media, business or other enquiries regarding the #NewyHelps campaign please email us newyhelps@newcastlefootball.net

We must thank a number of people who helped make this campaign possible:

Matt Weldon-Smith from the Yellow Fever who was invaluable in providing setup and other details on the #FeverDeams campaign currently being run by the Yellow Fever supporters club
The Newcastle Jets Football Club for donating the open air box at Hunter Stadium and in particular Brooke Cousins for all her help
Joel Griffiths, Matt Thompson, Stu Musialik and Jobe Wheelhouse for donating their time to attend several games each to host the RMH Families
Jets major sponsors Inspirations Paint and Beechwood Homes who were the first businesses to generously donate items to the #NewyHelps raffle
Any businesses who wish to donate or provide goods or services to add to the raffle, please contact us on the above email address.

Never Tear Us Apart

The Squadron FSC Committee

ToddG NBUnited
06-11-2015, 06:07 PM
Fantastic work guys.

furns
06-11-2015, 06:16 PM
We would very much appreciate it if people could help spread the word by sharing the article on the frontpage or the Squadron FB page on their FB and/or twitter accounts please :)

la bazzle
06-11-2015, 06:28 PM
That's awesome mate, well done all involved. Will donate and share. Kudos

furns
06-11-2015, 07:26 PM
Cheers Baz

parksey
06-11-2015, 08:36 PM
great stuff, i'll be donating

furns
09-11-2015, 09:43 PM
We are in the process of emailing businesses to canvas for donations or prizes to the raffle
We have contacted all of the Jets and FFA sponsors and partners, and we have also contacted some local businesses.

If anyone knows of any local businesses that might be interested in being involved, please post them up here.
Also sold $155 worth of raffle tickets in the bay at halftime (brilliant effort for 10 minutes) which has been added to the total.

GazFish35
09-11-2015, 10:53 PM
Can you find a list of major sponsors of the NPL clubs?
They're at least "football friendly" and would be good "football community" action to build on.

furns
09-11-2015, 10:58 PM
not a bad idea actually - will investigate tomorrow

furns
10-11-2015, 04:24 PM
If any NPL club sponsors are reading this - can you please email us newyhelps@newcastlefootball.net if you are able to help us out with either a donation or prizes please

furns
12-11-2015, 12:02 AM
Donations progressing very well - already at $925
Still working towards our total, so we still need your help!!!
Please go to newcastlefootball.net/newyhelps and donate towards this great campaign :)

Huge thanks to those who have already donated, your contribution is hugely appreciated

furns
12-11-2015, 08:08 PM
We have cracked our first $1000!!! again thanks to those who donated.
Please go to newcastlefootball.net/newyhelps (http://newcastlefootball.net/newyhelps) if you would like to help out the campaign and donate

boz-monaut
12-11-2015, 08:51 PM
if anyone can guess the correct age of the Ronald McDonald House chick in the photo with Furns that he put on Facebook, I will donate $50

furns
12-11-2015, 09:04 PM
haha how are you going to verify that boz? :lol:

boz-monaut
12-11-2015, 09:07 PM
from someone who works with her every day and told me

you want the $50 or not?

furns
12-11-2015, 09:08 PM
35

furns
18-11-2015, 03:51 PM
Fantastic news, after adding in the raffle ticket sales from the F3Derby - we have just surpassed the halfway mark of our initial $3500 total. We have raised $1762 and we sincerely thank those who have contributed so far.
We still need your support, so if you are able to help us get to our goal please go to the NewyHelps page on the front of the website and enter in your details.
We will be announcing some more prizes being added to the raffle in the next 24 hours, so you have an even better chance of winning a prize.

Raffle will be drawn after the game against Melbourne City on Dec 13th.

furns
19-11-2015, 12:33 AM
We are also pleased to announce that Silo Lounge, Sprocket Roasters and Westfield Kotara have generously donated items to be added to the NewyHelps raffle

Items have been added to the raffle page newcastlefootball.net/newyhelps/raffle

BodyNovo
25-11-2015, 01:30 PM
$1150 to go everyone.

we would love to have our target raised prior to the draw for the raffle announcement

once we achieve that, every extra dollar is going towards Sams fund for SUDEP.

furns
25-11-2015, 01:49 PM
Its fantastic to see the donations coming in, would be great to hit our initial $3500 target the by this time next week.
Just to remind, once we get to $2500 thats the RMH families initiative covered.
Anything after $2500 is going to Sams Fund for SUDEP, we would really love to exceed our $1000 target for that donation also. We would appreciate it if anyone hasnt yet donated, to chuck in whatever amount you are comfortable with. Every amount is helping someone.

furns
11-12-2015, 12:27 AM
We are currently sitting at $2675, and this Sunday marks the drawing of the raffle prizes. If you haven't yet donated, please go to the front page of the website & click the Newyhelps link to go to the donation page & raffle page to check out the prizes. Every $5 you donate gets you an entry into the raffle. If you donate $25 you will receive 6 entries. We will draw the raffle live on Periscope, from SJ's on sunday night after the game against City. We thank you for your help, and wish you luck in the draw!

GazFish35
11-12-2015, 09:18 AM
done.

furns
13-12-2015, 01:33 PM
Today is #NewyHelps raffle draw day!!
We will be selling raffle tickets at Sydney Junction Hotel from 3pm until 4pm and in Bay 60 during the game if you wish to donate before the draw takes place.


We will draw the raffle 40 minutes after the game, and it will be LIVE on Periscope. Link will be posted on our twitter feed @newyboys
Winners will be notified by phone if they aren't present at SJ's during the draw.


We thank all those who have donated to #NewyHelps so far, just to advise the campaign will continue to accept donations until near the end of the season.

Jeterpool
14-12-2015, 01:59 PM
Congratulations on the campaign guys. I look forward to being able to contribute again next year in what I am sure will be even more successful again.

BodyNovo
14-12-2015, 03:12 PM
Campaign ain't over jeterpool

We have still got $500 to go