Yellow Fever's Young All Whites' World Cup Fund

Hello fever land,

It appears from reading various threads that most people think it's pretty stink of NZF to ask kids to pay toward their World Cup campaign. 

We are already aware of a number of players, and their families, who will struggle to meet this demand. So here is your opportunity to help the lads get to the World Cup without the financial pain.

Jump onto https://www.givealittle.co.nz/cause/U17WorldCup 

All and any donations are welcome and we encourage you to spread the link to your football family.

So please dig deep and help us help these lads out.

Wouldn't this money be better spent on some sort of scholarship? 

I get that you guys disagree with it as a philosophical decision, but doing this doesn't really do much to change that.

But I suppose if people want to pay toward someone's trip, then good for them. 

It may or may not change NZF stance. Who knows. But what it will definately do is actually helps some kids who are struggling financially. 

Rumour of a story in the Herald on Sunday.

Didn't NZF say they'd do that?

Herald story on Sunday would be cool. At the very least this could raise awareness. 

Fair enough. 

*changes stance*

Cool idea guys! 

Awesome idea is their going to be a whip around in aisle 21 next sunday? or do I have to get out of the stone age and pay online??

I'm going to a World Cup next year and am struggling to pay for it. Does anyone want to chip in?

N-Bomb. Some of the families have paid up front, some are paying by instalments. I think realistically (because we want to take the time to raise as much as possible) we'll be reimbursing families. But I don't actually think that changes anything.

We certainly aren't giving the money to NZF :)

We picked up 300 to 400 today at the Bencher.  Good work to everyone there.

Where do our subs go these days? De Jong's back pocket?
Great initiative lads! 

Incredibly valid question.

Up to half would probably indirectly go into the pockets of your first team. 

The other half goes to Fred and friends. 

It's just an absolute shambles and I know it has been for a while now but this last month or so has really brought everything to the fore.
Leading up to the biggest couple of games in the last 4 years and NZF are taking money off kids and can hardly organise us a decent match.
It's a national disgrace.

The boys in the south won't like that...

I heard the parents can pay in installments, I wonder what NZF would have done if all the parents had said they were not paying??? 

Hey, just wanted to chime in that I drank a bunch of booze at the BB and then felt like a real cunt that I didn't have any money to give. Glad you guys did the Givealittle thing, as it gave me a chance to make things right. Hope these guys make their funding.

Good man. Appreciate it.

Currently at $695.00 with $300 odd to be banks from the whip around last Sunday. So that is one kid paid for already.

Hoping to get another couple. Look out for the donation jar at the Bencher Sunday.

Instead of a High Performance Manager, NZF needs a Fundraising role like many of the charities have. (2nd Best you up for the job?)

I can't believe that there wouldn't be 30 businesses in the whole of NZ who couldn't donate $1000, even some of our professionals could make some contribution. (Isn't Harry Ngata head of the NZPFA?)

They need someone who can forge relationships, drive fundraising campaigns, and research funds available to Not for Profit organisations and youth development.

Staff cost money. Any wage paid toward a fundraising role, may as well just be paid toward the programme they'd be fundraising for. 

obviously the job's mandate would be to raise more funds than it costs to have the person employed

but i get what you're saying.  they would have to raise more than $1,000 from 30 businesses

How did the bucket go yesterday? I was surprised that it was actually a bucket and thought it would be very easy to take money out rather than put in. I hope we made some good coin though. As I no longer play football and so don't pay subs, I felt good being able to help the boys out a little.

We're a trusting bunch.  Haven't counted it properly, but think there was about $200 in there.

Did you guys know that VH and a couple of others went to the under 17 match draw ? I bet that cost a few thousand......

Turns out there was $260 in there. Thanks y'all