JSB party 23 December 2015 (8 Viewers)

[torchomatic]

Joe Cole must have left early. He was there when we first got there but not in the line-up at the end.

Fair play, the whole team are great with the kids. They're all a real credit to the club.

 

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[Nick]

Joe Cole must have left early. He was there when we first got there but not in the line-up at the end.

Fair play, the whole team are great with the kids. They're all a real credit to the club.

He arrived in a merc mini bus!

 

[Nick]

Also a mention to mowbray who stood and welcomed people in

 

[CJ_covblaze]

This is great to read. Credit to the organisers, club, players and management.

 

[Nick]

This is great to read. Credit to the organisers, club, players and management.

The volunteers too make it!

If anybody knows any of them, do they get free season tickets or anything?

There are some young lads who do it too, there every week at games. Fair play to them!

 

[sw88]

The volunteers too make it!

If anybody knows any of them, do they get free season tickets or anything?

:wave: Nick! No, 'we' don't. Can't take credit for home games but I do take time off work to do events like today!

Then again, we don't do it for anything in return. Just like to do something that benefits the future fan and family supporters!

Just got home after leaving this morning st 9am. Think it was a success, although we needed more room it was such a good turn out!

I didn't get to see the real reindeer having spent all my time on the tombola! Hopefully anyone who had a go for something out of it (and to those who didn't, sorry )

Hopefully the club will put out a statement of how successful it was. And apart from the queues, which every activity appeared to have, everyone enjoyed themselves!!

Any feedback welcome on this post and I will ensure its passed back to the team, and the club if necessary.

Merry Christmas all!

 

[stupot07]

Thank you to SW and all the volunteers!! You're fantastic!!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - so please excuse any spelling or grammar errors

 

[Nick]

:wave: Nick! No, 'we' don't. Can't take credit for home games but I do take time off work to do events like today!

Then again, we don't do it for anything in return. Just like to do something that benefits the future fan and family supporters!

Just got home after leaving this morning st 9am. Think it was a success, although we needed more room it was such a good turn out!

I didn't get to see the real reindeer having spent all my time on the tombola! Hopefully anyone who had a go for something out of it (and to those who didn't, sorry )

Hopefully the club will put out a statement of how successful it was. And apart from the queues, which every activity appeared to have, everyone enjoyed themselves!!

Any feedback welcome on this post and I will ensure its passed back to the team, and the club if necessary.

Merry Christmas all!

Is there a way we could start a petition or something for the volunteers? Especially taking a day off work to help (even when they don't have kids!). I'd be more than happy for them all to get free season tickets, or even a free shirt or something as a gesture.

I couldn't believe the queue for the raffle at one point!

Does all money raised go to the jsb for activities?

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Thank you for that sw88 thank you so much

 

[Nick]

i think Ryan Kent could have blagged a selection box off Santa!

 

[sw88]

Is there a way we could start a petition or something for the volunteers? Especially taking a day off work to help (even when they don't have kids!). I'd be more than happy for them all to get free season tickets, or even a free shirt or something as a gesture.

I couldn't believe the queue for the raffle at one point!

Does all money raised go to the jsb for activities?

Ha, nice idea

yes, any money made from the activities goes straight back in to the family zone's future events. All the prizes on the games were either donations from local business, former players, and current players. The current player boots were very popular again this year!

credit should also go to Mowbray and the players for staying it out! They were given permission to leave at 3.30, but most were still there until at least 4.30 when we began the clean up! Also Clapham is a nice chap, making the effort to shake hands of all volunteers and staff prior to the doors opening.

 

[CJ_covblaze]

The volunteers too make it!

If anybody knows any of them, do they get free season tickets or anything?

There are some young lads who do it too, there every week at games. Fair play to them!

That's who I meant by organisers. No, they don't get anything for it. Are a very important part of the club.

 

[BoomShanka]

Had a great day today with my daughter. She's still walking around with her signed City shirt on. I remember going to events when I was younger and only a handful of players were there. O'Brien was brilliant, he was having a laugh about Armstrong having his own line when he first walked in! Every player took there time with all the fans. Mowbray was brilliant at the end of the line thanking us for our support and wishing us a merry xmas. Oh and I got my photo took with Joe Cole! Can't wait for next years

 

[Nick]

That's who I meant by organisers. No, they don't get anything for it. Are a very important part of the club.

I agree

They should at least get something from the club to say thank you as some of them put some serious time and effort in!

There should have been some sort of collection for the volunteers, even if it's just to get the coffees in before the games or a few beers or a bottle of wine each.

 

[MusicDating]

Yup, was a great few hours, many thanks to everyone involved. Great to see so many kids in Cov shirts (Santa has been asked for one...).

We were one of the last ones to join the queue for autographs, but fair play to the players and management as they stayed for much longer than the advertised hour and with good humour too (mostly throwing jelly babies at each other!).

I said to Armstrong; 'Same time next year year?...' and he replied with a smile; 'Hope so'. So yer, definitely signing 5 year deal.

Re SW88 and feedback, there may have been a stall that I didn't notice, but some refreshments like squash cartons and snacks for the kids would have gone down well. We ended up going back to the car for some drinks. Minor gripe though!

 

[Specs WT-R75]

I agree

They should at least get something from the club to say thank you as some of them put some serious time and effort in!

There should have been some sort of collection for the volunteers, even if it's just to get the coffees in before the games or a few beers or a bottle of wine each.

IMHO club should give them a couple of hospitality tickets to use each year. It technically wouldn't cost them that much, but the thought that counts etc.

 

[steveo1987]

Great effort from the club and a huge thanks to the staff and helpers who made it possible. I've sent an email to the club as a thanks and well done.Well done to the players and manager for keeping the smile on their faces

 

[Nick]

IMHO club should give them a couple of hospitality tickets to use each year. It technically wouldn't cost them that much, but the thought that counts etc.

Yeah just something like that, or a box for them all to go in one game

 

[Nick]

Yup, was a great few hours, many thanks to everyone involved. Great to see so many kids in Cov shirts (Santa has been asked for one...).

We were one of the last ones to join the queue for autographs, but fair play to the players and management as they stayed for much longer than the advertised hour and with good humour too (mostly throwing jelly babies at each other!).

I said to Armstrong; 'Same time next year year?...' and he replied with a smile; 'Hope so'. So yer, definitely signing 5 year deal.

Re SW88 and feedback, there may have been a stall that I didn't notice, but some refreshments like squash cartons and snacks for the kids would have gone down well. We ended up going back to the car for some drinks. Minor gripe though!

I think last year they got a subway, don't think there would have been enough this year!!

 

[christonabike]

Im in for putting a £10 note to help with the JSB efforts how about anyone else? I will give it to Tynan Scope (Im sure he will gladly pass it on) to help keep the young ones busy before games as they are the future kids who grow up etc and keep the club going.:claping hands: We were young once and before anyone says Sisu should do it, it seems the money will go directly to the people who work hard to help the little ones enjoying THE SKY BLUES.

 

[Nick]

Im in for putting a £10 note to help with the JSB efforts how about anyone else? I will give it to Tynan Scope (Im sure he will gladly pass it on) to help keep the young ones busy before games as they are the future kids who grow up etc and keep the club going.:claping hands: We were young once and before anyone says Sisu should do it, it seems the money will go directly to the people who work hard to help the little ones enjoying THE SKY BLUES.

Definitely! Is there a process anywhere to do it?

 

[christonabike]

Just call him or email him and the easy way would be to enter the concourse by the Casino and get the people at the ticket desk on the right to take the money if it set up correctly .I am more than happy to sort it tomorrow am no worries.

 

[Nick]

Just call him or email him and the easy way would be to enter the concourse by the Casino and get the people at the ticket desk on the right to take the money if it set up correctly .I am more than happy to sort it tomorrow am no worries.

It's just making sure the money gets there, not that I think somebody will steal it. They just need to make it easy!

 

[sw88]

Yup, was a great few hours, many thanks to everyone involved. Great to see so many kids in Cov shirts (Santa has been asked for one...).

We were one of the last ones to join the queue for autographs, but fair play to the players and management as they stayed for much longer than the advertised hour and with good humour too (mostly throwing jelly babies at each other!).

I said to Armstrong; 'Same time next year year?...' and he replied with a smile; 'Hope so'. So yer, definitely signing 5 year deal.

Re SW88 and feedback, there may have been a stall that I didn't notice, but some refreshments like squash cartons and snacks for the kids would have gone down well. We ended up going back to the car for some drinks. Minor gripe though!

Thanks MD for the feedback. This will be relayed back to the club. I did wonder the same myself.

Not sure if anyone tried to get a drink within the Alan Higgs Centre, but when I did, albeit quite early on, the only thing available was from a vending machine. Although the hot chocolate was pretty tasty for a vending machine drink

I agree something for the little lads and lasses would have been appropriate so will take that back to the club.

 

[christonabike]

Exactly we need a receipt and the club can make it a regular thing every season. A direct debit to the people that run it on behalf of the club isnt a bad shout.
A member on here who has posted may have a more ideal way to keep it to cover their costs. *Jimmy Hill here we go!*

 

[sw88]

Im in for putting a £10 note to help with the JSB efforts how about anyone else? I will give it to Tynan Scope (Im sure he will gladly pass it on) to help keep the young ones busy before games as they are the future kids who grow up etc and keep the club going.:claping hands: We were young once and before anyone says Sisu should do it, it seems the money will go directly to the people who work hard to help the little ones enjoying THE SKY BLUES.

Very kind! Donations however big or small are always gratefully recieved and yes, although I cant speak for him I'm sure Tynan would be able to get it to the team who work with the volunteers.

 

[sw88]

I think last year they got a subway, don't think there would have been enough this year!!

Yes I recall subway handing out free cookies last year, but agree they probably wouldn't have been room for them this year. Shame as their cookies are one of the best going

 

[sw88]

Further to my reply above, Mark Hornby is the chap who manages the JSB part from the clubs side so any enquiries / donations are probably best marked for his attention (hope he doesn't mind me saying that ha )

 

[Nick]

I always wonder at games but never want to just hand money over randomly.

If there was an official way to donate I'm sure it would do really well!

I've no idea where they keep pulling craft materials from, have they got kids in China working over time?

 

[sw88]

I always wonder at games but never want to just hand money over randomly.

If there was an official way to donate I'm sure it would do really well!

I've no idea where they keep pulling craft materials from, have they got kids in China working over time?

Not quite Nick! Ha!

It's another suggestion we can take back to the club. Be great to have some way of the public supporting the zone. After all, it's who we do it for! And whilst the activities are mainly for the kids, parents get something from it too as prizes aren't always for the children, and I'm pretty sure I seen a fair few parents having selfies with the players and staff today as well as the kids

 

[christonabike]

Good enough for me if you can get a sticky at the top of the page with details that would be great. In the mean time I will hand over the money to fisher and ...oh Christ no will give it to Tynan on Boxing day.

 

[Specs WT-R75]

Not quite Nick! Ha!

It's another suggestion we can take back to the club. Be great to have some way of the public supporting the zone. After all, it's who we do it for! And whilst the activities are mainly for the kids, parents get something from it too as prizes aren't always for the children, and I'm pretty sure I seen a fair few parents having selfies with the players and staff today as well as the kids

Maybe get them to add a "donation" item in the CCFC online shop?

 

[Nick]

Maybe get them to add a "donation" item in the CCFC online shop?

Not sure how it works with tax etc and it being just sport.

How do those just giving pages work?

 

[Silence_Is_The_Enemy]

Further to my reply above, Mark Hornby is the chap who manages the JSB part from the clubs side so any enquiries / donations are probably best marked for his attention (hope he doesn't mind me saying that ha )

from what i know of the gameday running (mum volunteers) all money goes through Pat Raybould who to her credit over see's a very dedicated group of volunteers mum gets to games at 12.30 (and then wonders why i drive myself)

 

[Nick]

from what i know of the gameday running (mum volunteers) all money goes through Pat Raybould who to her credit over see's a very dedicated group of volunteers mum gets to games at 12.30 (and then wonders why i drive myself)

You could play fifa for a bit