Simon Wright gave BN an update on how well Hereford supporters helped the Jamie Cuss appeal yesterday.
'Over the decades, I’ve been involved with several serious fundraising
efforts yet I can genuinely I’ve never seen such generosity as at Edgar
Street yesterday. Over 200 people had already contributed
electronically, there was much competition for supporters money .. oh
lots of reasons to walk on by but Hereford’s marvellous supporters dug
deep. Talking Bull back numbers, Spot the Ball, the Going Down the Pub
CD all contributed of course but the bulk of the monies were just simple
donations.
And so many notes – tenners, some twenties, even from people
I knew had previously contributed. “It’s Jamie… “ “He’s a local lad…”
seemed to be all the justification needed. One donor had a unique
reason. “I lost my football career through exactly the same injury. I
don’t want someone else to suffer” explained a mature gent, stuffing a
note into the bucket and moving away before I could quiz him further.
A total of £691.60 was raised around the stand. Add in a further £100
raised from the Talking Bull covers on Ebay and today Jamie's Appeal
jumped by £812. Great news indeed. We're all in this venture together
- club and supporters together (hey, we are the club) and together we
will reach tha5t target..