Popular Post FB. Posted April 3, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) The Campaign Our home match against the Western Sydney Wanderers on the 12th of April is our last chance to make ourselves abundantly clear to the new owners that we don't want our colours to change. This match will be Harry kewell's last ever game, and the fact it is against the Wanderers means there will be a alot of media focus on the match. Turning the tide against a possible colour change won't be easy, and will only work if it has the support of all supporters on here and on social media. It needs to be a full blown campaign that tells everyone we are united in wanting to keep this club Red & White. I want to make this clear, that this is in no way a protest against getting taken over or Manchester City investing in us, we just don't want the investment to come at the expense of our club's identity. Donations As I said earlier this week, I've contacted a few printers to see about getting a few thousand A3 sized placards printed with the words “Keep Melbourne Red & White” on them that can be handed out to supporters at the match, and held up during the match. We're also planning on making banners and possibly red and white balloons. To fund this, a few of us have gotten together and setup a an email account that can accept Paypal donations at keeptheredandwhite@gmail.com To send the donations, you have to sign up for Paypal. Then just enter our email at the link below, and select "Friends and family" that way we don't get charged https://www.paypal.com/au/webapps/mpp/send-money-online All up, this will probably cost around a $1000. I know many have already pledged money on here, if we get enough together over the weekend, we can quickly get everything printed and made for the game. If we get anything over, it will either go to the Big Issue or back into the terrace, and If it doesn't go ahead the donations will be refunded. What can I do? Right now, what we need from everyone on here is to -Like the facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/keeptheredandwhite -Follow the twitter account at https://twitter.com/Keeptherandw -Follow the instagram account at http://instagram.com/keeptheredandwhite -Donate to the paypal -Talk to all your friends about this -Keep spamming the Melbourne Heart facebook page with the link to the facebook page above -Use the hashtag #KeepTheRedAndWhite -Get active yourselves, either make banners or signs against this -Suggest other ideas we can make this bigger If anyone wants to do media, post this campaign on other forums like 442 you are more then welcome too. Anyone else, who wants to be involved over the next week, let me know and I can add you to the facebook group. Thanks all, lets do this. #KeepTheRedAndWhite Campaign images below (courtesy of Fingman) https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9OlKjr_Io-bYzNoeFpTcDAwRTQ Edited April 4, 2014 by FB. 40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR9 Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Great, good work guys. Will do what I can to help out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB. Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Cheers mate, for anyone not going to Adelaide me and milanista93 will be at the Gimp tomorrow and will be collecting some donations to get this up and going. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalHeart Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) EDIT: Turns out the payment comes in straight away so no need to PM payments. Thanks Bela and others who have donated thus far! Edited April 3, 2014 by RoyalHeart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Done 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUTD/MLBHRT/ESSNDON Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 How much is an honest donation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Polak Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Done. $25 to Paypal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marteaux Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Get around this fantastic effort. Great stuff guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbitm Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Great OP FB. To everyone heading to the imp tomorrow, that would be a good time to organize and get more people involved that don't visit these forums regularly or social media. And it wouldn't be a bad time to do some fundraising. Also, just to regurgitate my idea from the other thread. If we get enough people to head to the southern end i think it would really emphasize our thoughts if we could get a red and white strip card tifo. If we could get bays 15-19 going with a it would be hard for CFG and the media to ignore like they did with the Melbourne flag we did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cunado Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Sent. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caddy Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Sent, get behind this people! These actions could have a massive impact on what happens. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR9 Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) Well done guys, great to see so many different people taking the initiative. How much is an honest donation?Depends on your circumstances, I guess... $20, $50, $100 is a good amount, but every little bit helps. Edited April 3, 2014 by LR9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fingman Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Will donate when i get home from work, good stuff! I created an instagram account too @keeptheredandwhite 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB. Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Will donate when i get home from work, good stuff! I created an instagram account too @keeptheredandwhite Nice, added the account to the opening post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fingman Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Will donate when i get home from work, good stuff! I created an instagram account too @keeptheredandwhite Nice, added the account to the opening post Awesome What are the chances of us pulling together a big parachute tifo/banner before the game too? Too much to ask? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexxandro Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) Money sent. I think any money above $1000 should be spent simply on more balloons, red and white streamers, making the cardboard cutouts A2 size instead of A3 or whatever. This might be the moment we become Red and White forever or... sky blue. This is it people. Last chance to make our voice heard (well probably the most important time to be heard). The more I think about Sky Blue the more I realise how attached I am to the Red And White. Edited April 3, 2014 by Alexxandro 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXJawsaXx Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Done, $25 sent. I would've sent more, but I am a broke-ass Uni student haha! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 All up, this will probably cost around a $1000. I know many have already pledged money on here, if we get enough together over the weekend, we can quickly get everything printed and made for the game. If we get anything over, it will either go to the Big Issue or back into the terrace, and If it doesn't go ahead the donations will be refunded. #KeepTheRedAndWhite Hey FB., I'm not a Yarraside member so I was just wondering if you raise more than $1000, can't you just use that to print more pages or making a bigger banner rather than refunding it or putting it back into the terrace? Either way, I've just donated $25 via PayPal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB. Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Will donate when i get home from work, good stuff! I created an instagram account too @keeptheredandwhite Nice, added the account to the opening post Awesome What are the chances of us pulling together a big parachute tifo/banner before the game too? Too much to ask? Slim, depends how much money can be raised. First things first is to get enough for 2500 placards to get printed and some banners made, then we can decide the rest. We're about a third of the way there to getting to the total, which is good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB. Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 All up, this will probably cost around a $1000. I know many have already pledged money on here, if we get enough together over the weekend, we can quickly get everything printed and made for the game. If we get anything over, it will either go to the Big Issue or back into the terrace, and If it doesn't go ahead the donations will be refunded. #KeepTheRedAndWhite Hey FB., I'm not a Yarraside member so I was just wondering if you raise more than $1000, can't you just use that to print more pages or making a bigger banner rather than refunding it or putting it back into the terrace? Either way, I've just donated $25 via PayPal Yeah, that will be considered, it's not really a yarraside thing at the moment. There's about a dozen of us involved, some are Yside, some are from RedWhiteUnite and others are just normal fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXJawsaXx Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) Great to hear that fans from different groups are coming together on this. Edited April 3, 2014 by xXJawsaXx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 BTW, will you be printing white #KeepTheRedAndWhite text on a red placard or red text on a white placard? Or both? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB. Posted April 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 BTW, will you be printing white #KeepTheRedAndWhite text on a red placard or red text on a white placard? Or both? One of the guys has designed a mock already, we'll put it up later for viewing once the momentum gets going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milanista93 Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Will also have a bucket at the imp tomorrow night for those who will be there/don't want to use PayPal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Great to hear that fans from different groups are coming together on this. I'm Prem B and the red and white is the reason why I'm so emotionally attached and hooked on the Heart! I don't want to see our colours go because I feel like I might lose some (most?) of my passion for this club! Pretty much all the other Prem B. members sitting around me have the same view, #KeepTheRedAndWhite 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyheart Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natalie182 Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Will also have a bucket at the imp tomorrow night for those who will be there/don't want to use PayPal. Will donate tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jestr Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 (edited) Done Top job FB ! Edited April 3, 2014 by Jestr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murfy1 Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Great work by all who set this all up. Should be able to donate this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 I'll be happy to distribute the placards in Bay 24 if you like. Only issue is that I'm on the city side so the cameras (and head-honchos) can't really see us much. Other than the Yarraside end you might want to also target the four GA bays (the 2 bays in from the goal line on each side) along the wing on the Punt Rd side! They usually fill up each game since they've made them General Admin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post milanista93 Posted April 3, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Can I just say as well, despite our differing stances on "in or out", the passion I've seen over the last few days makes me so fucking proud to be a part of the Heart family. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 $40 donated Absolutely pumped out of my mind for this game, we've all got to sing and throw colourful red and white things around for 90 minutes, no excuses! I love this club way too much, a change to sky blue would be gut-wrenching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartinHobart Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Anyone collecting donations in Adelaide tomorrow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deluka Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Will be donating later tonight, any chance that we could get an update on where we are with funds? We might really be able to capitalise and get in excess of $1,000 and spend more for balloons all around the stadium! How expensive is helium though haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 We also need something behind the Bunnings chairs as it's impossible for FoxSport to avoid that with their cameras Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 How expensive is helium though haha We can get a helium cylinder for Yarraside and have a rare chipmunk chant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rellum Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Donated 100 this arvo. Love to help out on the day where I can. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japiedog Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Cheers FB money sent , as promised Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marteaux Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Anyone collecting donations in Adelaide tomorrow? The 'marteaux and friends' beer and ketamine fund will be accepting donations as per usual. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted April 3, 2014 Report Share Posted April 3, 2014 Can I just say as well, despite our differing stances on "in or out", the passion I've seen over the last few days makes me so fucking proud to be a part of the Heart family. Agreed. For now it's important to stick together on this, whatever our views. My alter ego has made a donation to the cause. Let's finish this season on a high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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