Quick March

Celtic Cans

March 31st, 2009

Bring on the cans

When: April 5th, 2009 from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Where: Parking lot of Rare Olde Time
What: Bring canned food to help the Central Virginia Food Bank and enjoy fine Celtic music and dance.
Who: Albaferie, Ancient Order of the Hibernians, Emerald Society, Greater Richmond Pipes and Drums, Irish American Society, Ladies Ancient Order of the Hibernians, Mary Smith, Thistle and Shamrock Dance Academy, Scottish Society of Richmond, St. Andrew’s Legion Pipes and Drums, St. Andrew’s Society or Richmond

For those of you that don’t know, here is what Celtic Cans is. Celtic Cans at its simplest form is a food drive to benefit the Central Virginia Food Bank. It is also an opportunity for all the local area Celtic groups to get together have a good time, maybe get some interest in the various groups and do some good in the community.

So why Celtic Cans? In order to answer that I need to tell you about my dad, Bill Elder. If you’ve seen me or met me you’ve kind of seen my Dad. Just picture me on a grander scale. My Dad was a BIG dude. He used to say there were three sizes medium, large and Elder size. He had no use for small. Whether it was entertaining or helping my Dad never did anything small. If you came over you were immediately family and what ever we had was yours.

For Thanksgiving he’d buy an entire meal from Turkey to stuffing and all the trimmings as well as the roasting pan to cook it in and deliver it as many families in need as he could. He always said it was better to let those that needed help help themselves at the same time. After my Dad passed in 1994 from leukemia my brother and sister and I carried on as best we could my Dad’s tradition.

Cut to 2008 As a member of St. Andrew’s Legion, The Scottish Society of Richmond and The Irish American Society of Richmond I decided to put my memberships to use. My wife and I have a philosophy that if you don’t ask you won’t know and the worst that can happen is you are told no. So with that in mind I emailed all the groups I knew and threw the idea out there with a Thanksgiving date in mind. The idea was greeted warmly the date and time frame were not. Combination of too little notice and the Richmond Games there wouldn’t be enough time to adequately plan. So we decided April 5th in conjunction with National Tartan Day would be a good date.

I want this to be a fun event where we come together as Celts and people concerned about our fellow man and do some good in the community. We can show our pride, have some fun and lend a hand. I am thankful for all the help, good wishes, and overall enthusiasm that this effort has been met with. So I look forward to seeing everyone at Rare Olde Times this Sunday… all your family and friends as well. For more information about the Central Virginia Food Band and items most in need please see their web site here.

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