Macon Touchdown Club Annual Award Winners For 2020

The Macon Touchdown Club will hold an Awards Ceremony on March 6th, at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, to recognize these local athletes and coaches for their achievements. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, attendance will be limited to Macon Touchdown Club members, and invited guests.  Face coverings will be required for entry into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.

Ortho Georgia Back of the Year

Travion Solomon  –  Northeast High School

Ortho Georgia/Bill Turner Lineman of the Year

Matt Adams  –  Jones County High School

Ortho Georgia Special Teams Player of the Year

Evan West  –  Jones County High School

Marvin Davis Coach of the Year

Jeremy Wiggins  –  Northeast High School

Bobby Pope State Coach of the Year

Marquis Westbrook  –  Warner Robins High School

Bobby Gene Sanders Memorial Scholarship Awards

Sean Langan  –  Mount De Sales Academy

Anders J. Stevenson  –  Stratford Academy

Andrew Correa  –  First Presbyterian Day School

Camden Ford  –  Tattnall Square Academy

Recognition of Appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point

Walter Hawthorne  –  Central High School

 

Merry Christmas, from the Macon Touchdown Club.

10th Annual Boston Butt Sale To Support the Bobby Sanders Memorial Scholarships

The Macon Touchdown Club is having our 10th Annual Boston Butt Sale. The price of the tickets are $35.00.
We will use the same process as we did last year. Welch’s Country Smokehouse, located at 1687 Bass Road, will be preparing the Boston Butts. All you will need to do is, call Welch’s 24 hours in advance, 48 hours during the Holidays, and let them know when you will making your pick-up. They will have your Boston Butt ready for you to pick-up and enjoy. The tickets for this sale will be good from the day that you purchase, to January 31, 2021.
The proceeds benefit the Bobby Sanders Memorial Scholarship, awarded by the Macon Touchdown Club. Each year the Macon Touchdown Club awards these scholarships to high school seniors. Started in 1987, the Macon Touchdown Club has awarded over $364,000 in scholarships.
Tickets are available through any of the Macon Touchdown Club members.

Update For September 4, 2020

We are getting closer to September 14th, and the start of the 75th Year of The Macon Touchdown Club.

I have attached 2 pictures that will give you a look at how the room will look. There will be 7 rows of tables on the floor, each row will hold 14 people. There will be tables upstairs also.
For now, it looks like we will have 98 seats on the floor, 18 seats upstairs, and 6 seats on the stage. If we are slightly over the 122 number, we have the option of letting a few people eat in the Dining Hall that is on the other side of the kitchen from the gym. After they eat, we will have some chairs at the back of the gym that they can sit in for the meeting. This will be limited to no more than 10 people.

Masks will be required to be worn upon entry into The Rumford Center, and will be worn at all times, except after everyone has been seated, and while eating.

The salads, salad dressing, dessert, a glass of water and Tea will be on the table when you get there. We will have to maintain spacing while in line for the food, so this will take a little longer than normal. Instead of having pitchers of tea and water on the tables, As we go through the food line, The Methodist Home will have someone placing the food on your plate. The Methodist Home will have someone going around and filling up glasses. Plates will not be picked up during the meeting like in the past, plates will be picked up after the meeting is over, and we exit the building. Lonnie is trying to limit the exposure between his staff, and the kids that serve us each Monday.

Garland’s table will be at the end of the hall, near the elevator, so as to not create a logjam of members at the door.

Johnny’s Raffle Table will remain in the same location as last year.

Oby Brown will be running the Guessing Game for us this year.

Due to space and finances this year, we will need to make a change in the number of seats that we allow for our Ortho Georgia Players of the Week, and our featured high schools.
Players of the Week will be limited to 4 seats.
Featured High School will be limited to 4 seats.
If the Featured High School happens to have a Player of the Week, we will still use the same formula as above.

I do not believe that we will be able to hand out the Players of the Week trophies, as before. My thought is that we place the trophy at the reserved seat for the player, and as Russell names the Players of the Week, they can stand up and be honored by the club.

If anyone would like to be on the High School Committee, please get with Russell. He would love your assistance.

The Methodist Home for Children will be at the doors taking temperatures, and keeping a count of the number of people in the building. Once we get to the 122 number, we will have to delay anyone from coming into the building. If anyone would like to assist The Methodist Home with taking temperatures, please let me know.

The elevator will only be available for members that are Handicapped, or a member that needs the elevator. All other members should use the door on the lower level.

At the end of the meeting, we will have to make a great effort not to congregate in groups. I see this as a problem that we will have to make an effort to accomplish.

Thank You for all that you do for the Macon Touchdown Club,
If you have any questions, or comments on the notes in the email, please give me a call.
Bryant

Show Your Macon Touchdown Club Support for The Methodist Home for Children

Excellent Donation Opportunity

The Methodist Home for Children in Macon, Ga., has had to spend money for COVID-19 that was not in their budget. One of the expenditures involved purchasing tables for the community meetings that are held in The Rumford Center. The Methodist Home for Children opens their doors to the community for meetings. The Macon Touchdown Club is one of the beneficiaries of The Rumford Center at The Methodist Home for Children.

The Methodist Home for Children provides The Macon Touchdown Club a great venue for our meetings. The food they serve is always great, and the personnel is always welcoming to our members.

Making a donation to The Methodist Home for Children would be one of the best investments that you could make.

Founded in 1872, The Methodist Home provides care for children and families in need across South Georgia including a continuum of residential care (Children’s Homes), community foster homes, specialized treatment programs and counseling services to better serve our community. The Methodist Home is a faith-based organization working to better equip at-risk youth and families for the future. Our mission is to be a model agency that restores childhoods, strengthens families and cultivates a people-building organization.

The Methodist Home for Children & Youth is a nonprofit 501c3 organization. Your financial gift is tax-deductible.

Follow this link and make a Donation today. Say a Thank You for the mission of the Methodist Home for Children.

https://www.themethodisthome.org/donate/

Your financial gift to The Methodist Home, in any amount, is greatly appreciated. With your support, we can continue our work to restore childhoods, strengthen families and build people. Your donation will help broken and hurting children and families heal.
I made my donation in Honor of Lonnie Bivins, and to be used for Macon General Operation. Bryant Longshore
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August 22, 2020 Update Regarding Seating Configuration For Meetings

Monday night, September 14th, 6:30PM, is getting closer and closer every day. I am looking forward to seeing everyone, and I know all of you are excited for the 75th year of the Macon Touchdown Club.

Just wanted to give you a visual of what the seating will look like this year. Instead of round tables with 8 members at each table, we will have a different look. It will be more like a classroom setup. See picture for what this will look like.

Something to consider, if you have a group of members that you like sitting with, you might consider sitting on multiple rows, within the same area of the room. That will enable you to have those conversations where you solve the world’s problems, or discuss which team to pick in the Bland Roofing Guessing Game.

If you haven’t received your membership renewal yet, please let us know.

 

Macon Touchdown Club Update For August 19, 2020

We are looking forward to seeing everyone on September 14th.

All members should have received their renewal application last week. If you did not receive it, please let me or Garland know.

We are working with Lonnie Bivins at The Methodist Home for Children, to provide a safe environment for our members, guests, and speakers.

For now, it looks like there will be a few changes. This list could change as the year goes along. Please be flexible if changes have to be made.
(1) Masks will be required when entering the building, and will be required until everyone comes in and we are all seated at a table. Masks can be removed after everyone is seated. Masks will be put back on when you get up to get your food. Masks will be put back on when the meeting is over and we are exiting the building.
(2) The Methodist Home will have someone at the doors to check temperatures,and to keep a count on the number of people in the building.
(3) The elevator will only be accessible to Members or Guests that are Handicapped, or require the use of the elevator. All other Members or Guests should use the door on the lower level.
(4) We will not be using our name badges this year.
(5) Table seating will be more like classroom seating, with rectangular tables, instead of the round tables. This will enable us to Social Distance.
(6) The Methodist Home for Children will be putting the food on our plates while we go through the food line, instead of us serving ourselves.
(7) There will be markings on the floor as a reminder to social distance while in the food serving line.
(8) This will be a hard one, but at the end of the meeting, we will have to make an effort to not crowd around the speaker or other members.

Mike Parker has offered to have SP Design Group provide masks for anyone that will need one. They will be available at the door of the first meeting.

Thank You for being a member of the Macon Touchdown Club.

Bryant Longshore
Executive Director
bryant.longshore@gmail.com
478-808-5718

Macon Touchdown Club Middle Georgia Kick-off Classic Update

Due to the unknown restrictions that could be applied, in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Macon Touchdown Club regretfully has to announce that the Middle Georgia Kick-off Classic has been canceled for 2020. We have a commitment from the four teams involved to play in the game in August of 2021. The games will be Valdosta High School vs. Warner Robins High School, and ACE vs. FPD.

 

July 21st Update

We are looking forward to seeing everyone on September 14th.

We are working with Lonnie Bivins at The Methodist Home for Children, to provide a safe environment for our members, guests, and speakers.

For now, it looks like there will be a few changes.
Masks will be required to come into the building, and will be required except when you are sitting at the table.
Table seating will be more like classroom seating, with rectangular tables, instead of the round tables. This will enable us to Social Distance.
The Methodist Home for Children will be putting the food on our plates while we go through the food line, instead of us serving ourselves.

Mike Parker has offered to have SP Design Group provide masks for anyone that will need one. They wil lbe available at the door of the first meeting.

Membership Renewal and Speaker List will be mailed soon.

Thank You for being a member of the Macon Touchdown Club.

Bryant Longshore
Executive Director
bryant.longshore@gmail.com
478-808-5718

July 2020 Update

Hello Fellow Macon Touchdown Club Members,

I hope this letter finds you and your family in good health. These last three months have been very trying times for all of us. The COVID-19 Pandemic has caused all of us to make tremendous changes in our day to day lives. Here in Georgia, businesses are opening back up, and people are going back to work. Hopefully, within some time, things will get back to normal, and we will be able to look forward to High School and College Football.

The Officers and Directors of the Macon Touchdown Club are working out details and trying to determine what our meetings will look like in the Fall. We are working with Lonnie at the Methodist Home for Children, to provide a safe environment for our meetings. Our first meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 14th, with Mark Schlabach, as our first speaker of the year. We are looking forward to a great list of speakers, in what will be the 75th Year of the Macon Touchdown Club.

The Macon Touchdown Club Middle Georgia Kick-off Classic is scheduled for Saturday, August 22nd, and we will be asking for volunteers to assist at the game.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone in a few months.

Stay Safe, and we will have more communication in the coming weeks.

Bryant Longshore

Executive Director

Larry Mimbs

President

Davey Keys

Vice President

Russell Deese

Secretary

Garland Tyner

Treasurer

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