Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Calis Beach Questions and Information => Topic started by: Highlander on September 21, 2017, 10:58:47 AM
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On behalf of the Calis Beach Forum and it's members, I had the immense pleasure in presenting this rock tablet to Mr Stuart MacDonald (Rod Stewart) for his services to the Calis Children's Charity.
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For reasons of secrecy it wasn't possible to let everyone know about this in advance or indeed afford them the opportunity of contributing. We have some monies let over which we will be donating to the charity but if you want to add to the total please do so through my PayPal account or otherwise we can arrange something. We did also collect 260 lira on the night.
Here's what I intended to say on your behalf and hopefully achieved through the nerves.
"Ladies and gentlemen I apologise for interrupting your evening and I will make this as short as I can.
I know that some of you here know about the Calis Beach Forum but for those that don't it's a Uk based Forum whose members either have an interest in this place, are fortunate enough to live here or like my wife and I have enjoyed holidays here over many years.
Along with scores and scores of other Calis holiday makers. CBF members have thoroughly enjoyed the shows put on by the wonderful man sitting at the front over there. But perhaps more importantly they have a huge admiration for the large sums of money that Stuart has raised for the Calis Childern's Charity which has enabled them to help impoverished and underprivileged children in the area.
These kids may not even know who Rod Stewart is and will never meet Stuart MacDonald, but there is absolutely no doubt the the money he has raised has allowed the 3C's to change young lifes.
So it gives me immense personal pleasure on behalf of the Calis Beach Forum and it's members to present you with this token of our appreciation of all you have done for the 3C's and the kids.
Photos to follow.
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Nice speech H.
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Nice one H. ;)
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Did he give a response? was he really surprised.? I hope no one let the cat out of the bag.. I see from Facebook that he gave an impromptu performance.. Lovely lovely man.. Perhaps Christine can add it too this forum so that everyone can see how good he is..?.. I hope that Liz and her bucket collector friends were able too attend.. Liz is the one who has to go to Fetav to organise and collect the special license every time he appears..
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Not a "formal" response as such mercury I don't think Stuart is that kind of fella. I also think the impromptu performance was his way of saying thank you.
I thought I heard him say that the sillohette was like him and that the tablet would take pride of place on his mantle piece.
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Some more photos taken by a friend of ours.
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Well done H. A nice gesture to a great man and so well deserved. We both wish we had been in Calis to see the presentation but to see the pictures is great. Thank you.
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Great words for a great man. He has raised so much money for disadvantaged local children and given fab entertainment to Calis. A real gentleman. The glass plaque is fab and well done H for organising it.
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Well deserved award!
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My apologies for the tardiness of this post.
To date I have been remiss in not thanking all those who I managed to contact and whom agreed to contributed to the cost of the rock tablet and flowers. You all know who you are so THANK YOU :)
We have a small surplus which will be passed on to the 3 C's and the 260 lira from the night.
As I said previously, it was simply not possible to contact everyone but now that the "secret" is out, if anyone wants to add to the total in recognition of all Stuart's efforts, please do so through my paypal account. Pm me for details or if you don't have paypal, pm me and we will work something out.
I'll leave this open for the next fortnight and pass on all the monies collected to the 3C's thereafter.
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One very important matter to put on the record which I should have done at the outset. :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
The idea of recognising Stuart MacDonald's remarkable services to the 3C's was scunners' not mine. :)
I was merely the messenger.
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One very important matter to put on the record which I should have done at the outset.
Yes, I think you should have. If not in your first post, maybe in your second, or third or even fourth post.
JF
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Well I have put the record straight now and I do apologise unreservedly to scunner for not making clear at the onset. :( :( :(.
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No harm done, I am very grateful to H for arranging the award and delivering it in typical H style.
The idea was mine but it was a CBF idea. The thought was that this guy selflessly gives up days of his holidays - several times a year, year after year - to do something pretty unique in Turkey which raises BIG money for the kids. I thought it would be difficult for the charity (3Cs) to use raised money to thank/award him in this way, as the money isn't given for that - and Stuart would probably think the same.
So someone else needed to recognise his contribution. That was CBF and our members came up with the goods again.
Highlander took the idea and did the rest - even to the degree that I know CBF members gave generously but I have no idea who :D
Team effort - thanks to all.
A man needing recognition has been recognised :)
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Yes, I think you should have. If not in your first post, maybe in your second, or third or even fourth post.
JF
Why do I get the impression that you are implying that my omission was deliberate in each post.
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Does it really matter. I am sure that those who subscribed were not bothered about whose idea it originallly was, who canvassed for subscriptions or who subscribed. It was all about a really generous amount of subscriptions and a Thankyou to a remarkable person who helped to advance those subscriptions.
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Between us we had an idea and saw it through to its conclusion. That’s rare enough these days :)
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I tried to do this in caps was was not allowed to. BUT absolutely, (in caps). Xx
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Article in tomorrow (Monday)'s edition of The Fethiye Times.
http://www.fethiyetimes.com/expat-zone/c169-local-charities/23467-latest-news-events-fethiyes-local-charities-week-ending-30-september-2017.html
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For those who haven't been over recently.
My thanks to liz101 who sent me a copy of the Land of Lights from October which featured this article.
Not at all sure about the headline used but good publicity for 3C's and CBF - not to mention a fitting tribute
to Stuart and Linda.
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Praise where it’s due Highlander. Well done, without your organisational skills none of this would have happened. :)
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Well done to everyone involved :D