Getting to Know the M.H.S.S Touchdown Club
The Middletown High School South Touchdown Club (M.H.S.S.) was founded in 1987 as a result of increased need for funding to support extracurricular high school programs. The mission of The M.H.S.S. Touchdown Club is to provide funding and support to the High School Football Team, Cheerleading Squad Athletes and Community. The Club has provided awards, medical equipment, computer equipment, weight room equipment, football field and press box supplies, etc. that have not been provided in the standard athletic budget for these programs. All parents of football players and cheerleaders are automatically members of the club. There are no dues or costs to join this club.
As we continue to focus on our funding raising programs, we believe that it is important to share the many benefits that our program has provided to our students, faculty and community.
2008-2009- Projects
- Funded and placed new "Eagle Spirit" signs around campus
- Repainted "Eagle" in front of stadium
- Funded new championship banners
- Installed new lighting and fence at pressbox
- Funded 9 State Championship banners for top of press box
- Funded new "Athletic Trainer" cart used for all sports
- Funded Cheeleader Thanksgiving eve bus
- Funded end of year video's for cheerleaders and players
- Co-funded "South" pole banners around campus
- Repaired field signs
- Funded senior profile book, senior appreciation gifts, coach appreciation gifts for cheer and football
- Donated to charities of South families in need
- Replaced damaged "Eagle" mascot
- Provided new weights
- Provided food for team after games
- Funded Freshman breakfast at Freshman vs. North game
- Partially funded Freshman food for after games
- Provided breakfast to volunteers for Thanksgiving game
- Provided parent volunteer for video and photo efforts
- Placed "Game on Banners" around town to build support for team
- Hosted championship game tailgate party
- Hosted Senior farewell BBQ
- Designed and implemented Ad Journal
- Funded and updated this great web site
- Placed 40 alumni player and old team video's on web site
- Funded "Good Luck Eagles" large banners for Rutgers Championship Game.
- Funded "Go South" fan towels for community
- Funded countdown clock and inspirational banners used by coaching staff
2007-2008 Projects
- Installed new "pressbox" camera system
- Installed video system and TV in snack stand
- Bought 2 new video cameras
- Designed and implemented our new web-site
- Purchase of punt-pass-kick machine
- Acquired new sound system for press box
- Held spring bar-b-que to celebrate graduation of our seniors
- Relentless support for the turf field to protect the athletes at MHSS from injury at ?the swamp? and provide one-time savings of an estimated $330,000 and on-going annual savings for field maintenance at MHSS of $30,000 for the community
- Development of an Athlete?s Hall of Fame program that includes men and women from ALL athletic programs, who have graduated from MHSS
- Football team members participated in the Sept. 11 Memorial Service at the Memorial Gardens site
- Football team members attended a legislative session in Trenton NJ to honor their accomplishment as #1 Football Team in NJ
- Raised money independently to fund the center logo and end zone eagles on the turf field
-Funded and repainted the stadium snack stand
-Funded and provided microwave, refrigerator, water heater and GFCI switches in the stadium snack stand
- Funded and painted logos in end zone and at center of the old field (the swamp) for each home game (approx. 5 games per season). This saved the township over $2,000 for each game at South. This was funded by the township for MHS North.
- Parents volunteered their time to shovel snow from the game field in 2003 to enable a championship game to be played. This avoided any township costs for both standard and overtime fees and enabled MHSS to be named Champions instead of calling a tie.
- On-going positiveexposure for MHSS in the press and on News 12 NJBenefits to other Athletic Programs:
-Assembled and powered new scoreboard on baseball field
-Funded and painted varsity locker room four times since 1999
-Funded 2004 Fall Sports Coaches and MVP awards including: men?s and women?s soccer, women?s field hockey, men?s and women?s cross country, women?s tennis and football
-Solicited donations for weights for weight room
-Provided chiller fans for sidelines of both the home team and opposing team to be used on the stadium turf field. During this 2005 season, many team members were passing out during practice due to the high temperatures at the field during practice. These have been moved to storage pending approval by the Board of Education.
?Reinstituted the powder-puff game as a fund raiser for MHS
Benefits to the Faculty:
-Donated refrigerator, air conditioner and microwave to the Teacher?s Room
Benefits to the Football and Cheerleading Programs:
- Provided logos for side of helmets
- Provided game socks
- Provided athletic tape for the athletic trainer
- Purchased a weight analysis machine
- Purchased computers and computer programs for the coaching staff
- Purchased highlight and game films to support college recruiting
- Purchased video camera for films to support college recruiting
- Provided gatorade and water for away games
- Provide scissor lift to coaching staff
- Rebuild and painted Press and Ticket Boxes
- Purchased an ice machine to support athletic trainer
- Transport concrete eagle for every home game
- Fund cost of all invitations, print materials and mailings
- Fund decorations for school to enhance school spirit
- Installed/fixed water line to water trough
- Funded blue track to match Eagles school colors on turf field
- Provided t-shirts needed under game jersey
- ?Funded and hosted a bar-b-que for Jackson team and Jackson parents to reciprocate their hospitality
- Funded and provided player meals for those selected for All-Shore Award
- Subsidize the cost of the year end dinner for players and cheerleaders
- Replace varsity game jersey?s annually for new players
- Provided championship flags flown at stadium
- Fund the purchase of State Championship jackets (this was previously funded by the Board of Education)
- Fund State Championship plaques that match those from 1987 Championship
- Subsidized the cost of State Championship rings
- Created and fund State Championship t-shirts
- Provided luncheon for players prior to State Championship
Benefits to Seniors in these programs:
-Fund Eagle plaques and awards
-Corsages for the senior dinner
-Provide senior blankets to uphold an on-going football and cheerleading tradition
-Provide senior profile booklets
-Funded the varsity game jersey to each player
- Funded tiffany-stylebracelet to each cheerleader
