Randy donates £1m to Acorns

[rob_bridge]

Nice one.

[KRS]

Round of applause for Randy Lerner

[lovejoy]

We are a class act.

[dave.woodhall]

Mes que un club.

[Legion]

From acorns:

We received an unexpected gift from Randy Lerner, owner of our charity partner Aston Villa FC, at a 25th anniversary celebration event last night. Here’s the response from our chief executive, David Strudley:
“We are truly overwhelmed by Randy Lerner’s hugely generous donation of £1m over the next four years – a totally unexpected gift to help celebrate the milestone of 25 years of caring by Acorns.
“This money will provide a major boost to our current strategy of generating an additional £4.2m by 2018 to allow us to increase the number of children and families we care for by 50%.
“On behalf of all the children, families, staff, volunteers and supporters of Acorns, I would like to say a HUGE thank you.”

[paulcomben]

Obviously, that is great. Even more obviously, we are all secretly wondering why that won't be spent on a new centre back or creative midfielder in January.

[Damo70]

So they are trying to raise additional money to increase their care by 50% and he has basically given them about a quarter of their target. Class.

[dave.woodhall]

Obviously, that is great. Even more obviously, we are all secretly wondering why that won't be spent on a new centre back or creative midfielder in January.

Are you serious?

[Legion]

Obviously, that is great. Even more obviously, we are all secretly wondering why that won't be spent on a new centre back or creative midfielder in January.

No.

[nigel]

Obviously, that is great. Even more obviously, we are all secretly wondering why that won't be spent on a new centre back or creative midfielder in January.

Are you serious?

There's always one!

[Chris Smith]

Brilliant, they provide fantastic support to the children they look after and their families. I struggle to think of a more worthy cause for a football club to be involved with and Randy's personal commitment is unquestionable.

[paulcomben]

Chill out, dudes. Randy has more than one one million to spend, if he wants to.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

What Chris said.

I'd imagine from the statement that in addition to the donation, there's a long term commitment to Acorns from the club.

[dave.woodhall]

What Chris said.

I'd imagine from the statement that in addition to the donation, there's a long term commitment to Acorns from the club.

Their CEO recently said that since first becoming involved with Villa they can handle 50% more cases than they used to.

[paulcomben]

What Chris said.

I'd imagine from the statement that in addition to the donation, there's a long term commitment to Acorns from the club.

Their CEO recently said that since first becoming involved with Villa they can handle 50% more cases than they used to.

That is utterly great.