A really great idea get kids involved early and we might have them for life.

Also with newly arrived kids into Aust it helps them blend in and mix with the rest of their age group if they

have something in common they can talk about at school.

As these are bums on seats at games the MFC will get some money spinoff as they contribute to matchday

attendance, a double benefit.

How about if each kid when they arrive at the assigned area behind the cheer squad be given a number

and two numbers be drawn out each game and those two lucky tackers get to go out with the cheer squad

and hold up the banner.

Good idea to pin this as a sticky ...mods ??

Great to see these ideas coming to fruition. $50 isnt going to kill the bank and yet will give a great day out to many. Brilliant.

Bit by bit things are a changing...encouraging isnt it

Well on the positive side, everyone I met in pubs along my latest adventure are now Melbourne fans too!

Though yes, unsure how much of a lasting impact they will have.

Very excited about Demon Heartland, very good idea!

I just renewed my own and my girlfriend's membership today. I also put my $50 towards the Demon Heartland, got The Age subscription and put $50 towards the Debt Demolition.

Will be getting mine shortly.

Also trying to convert my friend to abondon the cats and come over to the demons Its getting there slowly

Went to St KFC v Sydney last night. Talked to another Saints supporter who is a teacher at a Berwick primary school (which is in Casey).

She said that a couple of Melbourne players came to the school and did a clinic, and one of the kids in her grade has now latched onto Melbourne. It’s all starting to happen, as planned.

Incidentally, she said that the players said they love Casey Fields, and they couldn’t understand why St KFC let go the opportunity.

Can anyone tell me were they sit during the games i didn't see it today

Were the kids who sang the song prematch some of the Casey kids?

Or the kids that formed the guard of honour for the players to run through?

I missed singing and the guard of honour.

But, I recall that the Demon Heartland kids were to sit near the cheersquad. The club may not have implemented it yet (depends on the level of support by members for the initiative).

I also know that at least some of the kids who got to go on the guard of honour simply responded through the club's website. The ones I heard about don't live in Casey, and weren't Demon Heartland kids - they were MFC junior members.

I know a child who was in this guard of honour and he has no connection at all with Casey or any concept of Heartlanders

I should also mention that Bay M1 was graced with the presence of Aussie and Matty Whelan in one of the breaks (Q1 or Q2?) whilst Jimmy Stynes presented himself in Bays 3-4...the Cheersquad ...briefly. It's wonderful to see the Club finally connecting with their everyday and everyweek supporters and I hope it continues.

RD 6 has just passed and Melbourne has had 3 home games at the 'G. I'm a Heartland supporter and was comfortable seeing the RD 1 group in M1, albeit, they needed some red and blue paraphernalia like flags & clappers or caps & beanies to identify themselves. However, since then our Heartlanders have gone missing. We were lucky if anyone sat in those seats when we played Adelaide...just a bit cool and miserable... and on Sunday the area was full of average Geelong supporters.

Where are our Heartland kids?

RD 6 has just passed and Melbourne has had 3 home games at the 'G. I'm a Heartland supporter and was comfortable seeing the RD 1 group in M1, albeit, they needed some red and blue paraphernalia like flags & clappers or caps & beanies to identify themselves. However, since then our Heartlanders have gone missing. We were lucky if anyone sat in those seats when we played Adelaide...just a bit cool and miserable... and on Sunday the area was full of average Geelong supporters.

Where are our Heartland kids?

email the club

Hope I haven't annoyed anyone by bumping an old thread but I really hope this initiative continues (along with new initiatives) now that we are debt free and looking to the future. The club has been rigorous so far in getting itself into a sustainable position and I think this will continue at a rate of knots. $50 here goes to a great cause.

Hopefully we can eclipse 35k members next year and continually get more juniors on board.

It's a great idea, but it's all about the execution.

I've bought a couple of these each of the last 2 years and I just trust that the club will follow through in the same manner as they appear to be doing with every other task these days.

Has this been happening? Have kids been taken to our games every week? Haven't heard anything about the results. No puff pieces on the website. Anyone seen these kids?