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Sorry to intrude with a random thread like this, but I figured if anyone could help it would be the Bulldog Bigfooty community.
Footy Day at my school (and probably every Victorian school) is fast approaching and quite often I will see students at my school who do not have a football team. I also have students who are easily swayed and influenced by their teachers (particularly the Male teachers who are quite sporty).
Last year I gave away most of my old Bulldogs gear to students who didn’t have a team for the parade, and students who were new to Melbourne, or perhaps Australia. They loved having a scarf, or Guernsey or T-Shirt that they could have ownership to, and I really enjoyed seeing more Bulldogs colours than usual.
Interestingly as 2015 has progressed, I have many of the students, who I gave my old merchandise to last year come up to me and explain to me how they now support the Doggies, and I even have one family who are now paid up bulldogs members because of the influence last years footy day had on their children.
Perhaps I am being way too optimistic, but I plan on making mini Bulldogs show bags for students this year. In the show bags I will try and get 2016 membership information (or at least a form so they can be put on a notification list), but also I want to throw in whatever Bulldogs merchandise I can get my hands on. I guess this where I was hoping other doggies supporters could help out? Last year I gave away pretty much all of my old merchandise and purchased many of the cheap Bulldogs Beanie Kid Bears, and unfortunately can’t afford to do this again. However I was thinking if any Bigfooty members have any old scarves (Doesn’t matter even if it’s a 2007 member scarf), or any old Guernseys, stickers or t shirts that they don’t need anymore, it could go a long way in making some Primary School children very happy, and help our young supporter base grow.
I know it is only a small gesture, but you would be surprised how easily influenced young students are by their teachers. And who knows, perhaps if this goes well, this could be something done in the future where we donate bulldogs gear to various schools, and perhaps branch out even further than that later down the track.
Its an idea anyways, and something I plan to do this year, regardless of how much outside input there is, however if there appears to be enough interest in this small idea, I can start to look into ways to organising it properly.
Thanks,
Go Doggies
Andrew (Premiers2017)
Footy Day at my school (and probably every Victorian school) is fast approaching and quite often I will see students at my school who do not have a football team. I also have students who are easily swayed and influenced by their teachers (particularly the Male teachers who are quite sporty).
Last year I gave away most of my old Bulldogs gear to students who didn’t have a team for the parade, and students who were new to Melbourne, or perhaps Australia. They loved having a scarf, or Guernsey or T-Shirt that they could have ownership to, and I really enjoyed seeing more Bulldogs colours than usual.
Interestingly as 2015 has progressed, I have many of the students, who I gave my old merchandise to last year come up to me and explain to me how they now support the Doggies, and I even have one family who are now paid up bulldogs members because of the influence last years footy day had on their children.
Perhaps I am being way too optimistic, but I plan on making mini Bulldogs show bags for students this year. In the show bags I will try and get 2016 membership information (or at least a form so they can be put on a notification list), but also I want to throw in whatever Bulldogs merchandise I can get my hands on. I guess this where I was hoping other doggies supporters could help out? Last year I gave away pretty much all of my old merchandise and purchased many of the cheap Bulldogs Beanie Kid Bears, and unfortunately can’t afford to do this again. However I was thinking if any Bigfooty members have any old scarves (Doesn’t matter even if it’s a 2007 member scarf), or any old Guernseys, stickers or t shirts that they don’t need anymore, it could go a long way in making some Primary School children very happy, and help our young supporter base grow.
I know it is only a small gesture, but you would be surprised how easily influenced young students are by their teachers. And who knows, perhaps if this goes well, this could be something done in the future where we donate bulldogs gear to various schools, and perhaps branch out even further than that later down the track.
Its an idea anyways, and something I plan to do this year, regardless of how much outside input there is, however if there appears to be enough interest in this small idea, I can start to look into ways to organising it properly.
Thanks,
Go Doggies
Andrew (Premiers2017)
