govanblue 16,847 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 *** Welcome to the RangersMedia Erskine Fund - Annual Fundraiser/Membership - Season 2020/21 *** I'm sure you already know all about the RM Erskine Fund, and why you should support it, but here's a summary (cut and pasted from last season's thread!): The RM Erskine Fund is a voluntary fundraising group funded by RM Member donations (and other occasional fundraising activities), now entering its 6.5th season. I've lost count of how much we've raised (and spent wisely!) in that time. But for sure, it's WELL over a hundred thousand pounds. It's definitely made a difference; and all we need from you to keep it rolling is a measly fiver!! The Fund's primary role is to provide Recreational Treats directly to the Residents of Erskine Veterans Care Homes. We do this primarily by providing Rangers Season Tickets, Match Tickets, Hospitality Tickets, Stadium Tours, Argyle Restaurant Lunches, Rangers TV subscriptions, Rangers merchandise and clothing, and anything else we can think of. Not only does this make the MANY Rangers supporting Veterans very happy, it also has a double bonus of putting a lot of that money directly back in to The Club, and keeping those Blue Pounds Blue! We also provide occasional non-Rangers related Recreational Treats, to ensure that ALL residents benefit from our Fund, and not just the Bears. Recent examples: Boat Trips, Restaurant Lunches, Christmas Party Donations, Palace Visits, D-Day Whisky Miniatures, Fish n Chips, and pretty much anything else that Erskine fancy. This season we will also continue our support for BRAVEHOUND, who provide trained Companion Dogs for Veterans with PTSD or other service-related issues. Our BRAVEHOUND companion Dog, Broxi, is currently out in the field, supporting his companion Veteran, which means that we'll be continuing our support of Him. We also support Residents of Hollybush House Hospital (Combat Stress) by providing 4 Season Tickets for their exclusive use. These seats have become an important part of Hollybush House's recreational therapy. Many of their Residents have serious issues dealing with crowds, loud noises, etc. The value of a friendly crowd, which they can genuinely feel a part of, can not be understated. We also regularly buy Rangers Lotto tickets and Half-time UnionJackPot tickets, which provides a wee bit of extra interest for our Veterans, and also supports Rangers Youth Development, so a double win there. And we even have enough left over to make sure that we are able to make a small donation on behalf of RM members, to Rangers-related fundraisers, to help out other Bears in their time of need, or to support their Good Cause. The Fund has no running costs (as long as you remember to tick the "friends and family" option on PayPal!). So every penny donated is properly spent and properly accounted for. Season membership of The Fund is a one-off minimum donation of only £5. But if you're feeling a bit flush, you can donate as much as you want!!! That's it. You don't need to donate every month or anything like that. In November, we will run a mid-season fundraiser, but you don't need to donate to that, or to the end-of season fundraiser. Most people DO donate something whenever I pop up with a new fundraiser - I guess that's because they have a couple of quid spare, and they approve of what we're doing with it. But it's always optional. How to donate: Donations via PayPal or by Bank Transfer. PM @Zetland for details. The PayPal and Bank Account details are the same as last season, if you already have them. Remember to add your RM Username as a reference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetland 5,830 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Hall of Fame Members List: 2020 / 2021 - New Season Fundraiser! Pledged List: 2 Members born a blue nose CooperSF Other Donations: Mrs Bears r us Scott in L.A Donated List: 138 Members 10pshortof17pound 16BlueSherbert90 32Blue 110 steps Ace AGC123 Albion alibali59 archangel gabriel amato Bad Robot BallochBear bassettger bbloyal Bears r us Bergerloyal berkshirebear bgally Big Al 55 Bil billscott BILLYBOY50 BloodRunsBlue BlueAvenger blueballss Bluekev Bluepeter9 Blue Rino BlueThunder Bobby Hume BooBoo bornabear Bossorange Boydy69 Brackley browndad Burnbank Derry Corky True Legend D'Artagnan Darth Bear DerekJohnstone DiamondBear DinViesel don logan dougie76 dunbar_ger Electric Soup eosmhdo Falcoholic Finny ForeverAndEver G13 GabrielTomato Garnock Blue gazza27 ger4life_1872 GetToTheChoppa gmcf govanblue hammer93 Heshootshescores HG5 Hoody ianb1547 Ibrox_Nights Inigo islanderbear84 Jakes Pal jamess Jamie1387 jayzer jintybear JMac_88 Junior Soprano KazzyTI LiverpoolBlue LochendBilly M4XGERSBF3 macmac McEwan's Lager mearns loyal molesmole murzo My Fathers Scarf nabeday NamibianBear nine4eight OceanRain offshoreworker onefootwillie One Jock Wallace only14me OnslowDriver pcbear Perth_Campsie_Ger plumbGER ps95v7 Pure_Quality Quiet Jim qwerty Raligt Rangers#1 RFC Eagle RFC55 ronniescu scott12003 scottyscott1963 SeparateEntityMyArse Siam69 Sket sprintervanman sRcFoCt Steely stevieblueblood Stoorie stu90 SuperTav SW3 TEFTONG terry739 theblueoysterbar The Ghost TheQueensEleven theweebluenose toad tomger Travelrug turbo1 unclebuzzy VERITAS VOS LIBREBETS Wee Bud weeneily westieblue wewillfollowrangers Willis wotmeworry Wullies_bowly_legs Zetland ZZed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 We've already done quite a bit this season: £200 to Erskine Park Home - for Fish & Chips. And here are some of those fish suppers.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 And we also dropped off some bits & bobs to keep everyone going for a while... Many thanks to all our members who donated so generously towards that recent whipround. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetland 5,830 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Already donated: @Jakes Pal @McEwan's Lager @My Fathers Scarf @offshoreworker @Pure_Quality @SeparateEntityMyArse @Zetland Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace 3,556 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Can you DM me the account details, I have 2 against here? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetland 5,830 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 1 minute ago, Ace said: Can you DM me the account details, I have 2 against here? No problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 1 minute ago, Ace said: Can you DM me the account details, I have 2 against here? donate twice then! just kidding. @Zetland will PM you immediately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 23 minutes ago, Zetland said: Already donated: @Jakes Pal @McEwan's Lager @My Fathers Scarf @offshoreworker @Pure_Quality @SeparateEntityMyArse @Zetland Many thanks to you all for your many years of staunch support!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 Erskine will feature on Channel5 - Wednesday 5th August at 6.30pm: "The programme is focusing on positive, happy and uplifting stories in Care Homes so where better to visit than an Erskine Care Home" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAndEver 71,363 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Will fire something over in the next week or two. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 17 minutes ago, ForeverAndEver said: Will fire something over in the next week or two. @Zetland has a pledged list for that very purpose. I'm sure she'll be delighted to add you to it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetland 5,830 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Added to the Pledged List: @Ace Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetland 5,830 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Added to the Pledged List: @ForeverAndEver Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 Did anyone notice that the annual membership is half price this season??? We recognise that many of our Members will have been financially impacted by recent events, and may find a spare tenner hard to come by right now, so we want to give everyone the opportunity to get involved, and a reduced membership fee is one way to do that. If you're finding a spare fiver hard to come by right now, but still want to support our Veterans, just PM me - we have a concession scheme for Good Bears. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bears r us 30,771 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Done Zet/GB, from us both. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetland 5,830 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Added to the Pledged List: @Bears r us Added to the Mrs Bears r us List: Mrs Bears r us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 oh, another thing I forgot to mention... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 We have already renewed our Erskine Veteran Season Tickets for the new season. So as soon as circumstances allow, the Veterans will be back in the front row of the West Enclosure. And once again Rangers FC have donated 2 seats to Erskine at our request. And I believe that Club1872 have also renewed their 4 Erskine Season Tickets. So our Erskine Veterans are good to go on all fronts - apart from not being allowed in to the stadium of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetland 5,830 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 @govanblue Anything else?! 😂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billscott 2,463 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 37 minutes ago, govanblue said: Many thanks to you all for your many years of staunch support!! is the bank a/c still the same Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 1 minute ago, Zetland said: @govanblue Anything else?! 😂 Yes, I'd like to report some cyber-bullying. Okay, stick me on the donated list. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, billscott said: is the bank a/c still the same Yes mate. I'll edit my OP to say that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetland 5,830 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 1 minute ago, govanblue said: Yes, I'd like to report some cyber-bullying. Okay, stick me on the donated list. You tell me who did it and I can sort them for you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
govanblue 16,847 Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 Many thanks to @Zetland for her generous donation. She hates blowing her own trumpet. Weird. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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