Popular Post killiehippo Posted October 22, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 The next fanzine (issue 187) is out this Saturday folks and will be on sale at the home games v Hamilton + Aberdeen. It includes the following article, please feel free to get in touch if you are able to help or if you have any queries: GROWING THE KILLIE FAMILY If you have bought the fanzine over the last few months you may know that we did a wee initiative in the summer whereby kind hearted Killie fans bought a family season ticket and we found some worthy recipients who for whatever reason would not have been able to attend RP this season. It started with one exiled Hippo subscriber and snowballed so that we were able to give away 10 tickets meaning an extra 40 fans at home games this season. I should point out that the Killie Trust joined us with the initiative and I’ll be chatting to chairman Jim Thompson soon to discuss what we are doing this time around. I need to stress this is not a competition, we ask for people/families to be nominated who due to financial, personal or whatever reason cannot attend. Whenever we do a wee campaign we like to give it a name so from hereon it is called “Growing the Killie Family”. It goes without saying that the fanzine will be putting up a ticket in the summer and the target is to beat the number we reached in the summer. I’m sure you’ll agree we can all play a wee part in helping SSC’s revolution by getting more folk to home games. The manager will tell you that increasing the home crowd has a really positive effect on the players so this is where we can help. Please ensure you pass the details on to all your friends and family as we are trying to get as many folk sorted as possible. Please help if you can and buy a ticket if you are lucky enough to be able to do so. All you need to do is e-mail me at [email protected] and we will keep a bank of all the kind ST donors. I’m not setting any definite targets but I’ve no doubt that we will be able to beat this season’s number.When sending the e-mail please put on all your contact details although some folk want to remain anonymous. I should also stress that the recipients will be kept anonymous at all times although I will tell each donor who is benefitting from their generosity. We’ll be putting the appeal in every issue from now until the end of the season plus sharing it on killiefc.com, facebook and twitter etc. Nearer the time, probably about April/May we will also speak nicely to David Wren at the Kilmarnock Standard and see if we can get an article in the local paper. Huge thanks once again to everyone who helped this time around and I look forward to us all achieving something really special to help grow the Killie family……YNTTK. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangodog Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 Great idea, maybe we could do something for the half season-tickets sold in December/January ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 Excellent work mate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killie alan Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 Great work mate 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubbs Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 Great stuff as usual ..... no too bad for a troublemaker ..... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killie billies pal Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 I do think this is a fantastic response by supporters and the club ( by promoting their support). One thing I will ask is, have we taken any steps to assist the affected fans avoiding financial hardship. I previously worked in Community regeneration and in this we were there for individual cases, but more than just throwing money at them we directed them towards specialist services that helped people get back on their feet, help with gaining work, receiving the correct available benefits and most importantly how to plan their finances. if the same people were to get a ticket again next year the desire to help would recede, now, if beneficiaries were to show up one season later with good fortune stories we could be onto something really special. Also remember that there remains a large amount of third sector funding out there which could help Killie fans in need by much greater numbers. Brilliant work in the interim Sandy, onwards and upwards 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
langlands_killie Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 Great stuff Sandy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenwick Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 thot with that headline the growing the killie family was along the lines of what those two celtic fans caught at it in toilets in rugby park were doin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buggsy Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 I’m sure KFCSA will donate a season ticket next season as they did this year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiehippo Posted October 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 Thanks Buggsy much appreciated.....just had an e-mail from Australia from an exiled Killie fan wanting to do the same, so proud to be part of the Killie family. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiehippo Posted February 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2019 Thanks to all who have been in touch regarding the GTKF initiative......e-mail [email protected] for more info 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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