The Exiled Dark Blues supporter group is up and running, with almost 50 members from 22 countries joining in just over a week, with more signing up every day. A fantastic effort!
We have just launched our first Fundraising Initiative, which is to have exiles from all over the world buy season tickets for disadvantaged/ deserving kids in the Dundee area, at £20 each. The Club will distribute these to underpriveleged children, as well as deserving school kids and junior Sunday League players across the Dundee area.
In just over a day, 70 tickets have been purchased, an amazing effort, with this money going straight into Barry's kitty to improve the squad for our promotion push. Not only that but we're helping young kids feel part of a community and give them a sense of belonging. The next generation of Dees is on its way!
Due to the massive interest in this Initiative, we are keen to have Dundee supporters at home as well as overseas participate. So if you can spare a few quid, please purchase as many kiddies season tickets as you can afford, to help our club and foster the next generation of Dees.
Graeme Brymer from Dundee Mad (the DFC legend who raised £40k with the Fans Flag idea during Administration) has already set up an online payment system for these tickets via Paypal and details can also be found on the messageboard at www.dundee-mad.co.uk. His e-mail address to send payments via Paypal is: gbrymer05@aol.com.
Graeme will collate all purchases and give us a running total and then send the money directly to the club. If you have a Paypal account, all you need to do is:
1. go to www.paypal.com and log in using your e-mail address and Paypal password
2. click on the send money tab and in the "To" field type: gbrymer05@aol.com
3. type in the amount you wish to purchase in GBP - if you want to purchase 5 tickets type 100, then select GBP as the currency
4. click the personal tab then mark it as a gift (this cuts out Paypal's fee), click Continue, then click Send Money
5. then make sure you type in what the payment is for: "EDB's season tickets for kiddies" will do and your name and country, which will allow us to keep track
If you don't have Paypal, just e-mail me at: scott_lockie@hotmail.com and I'll send you details on how you can pay by cheque.
Please also e-mail/ SMS/ Facebook all your friends and contacts about this exciting initiative encouraging them to participate. This initiative is open to all Dees and together let's raise much-needed revenue for the club whilst helping out disadvantaged and deserving kids.