In years past, the Macon Mayhem have hosted a Teddy Bear Toss where fans were encouraged to throw stuffed animals onto the ice after the first Mayhem goal to donate to the Beverly Knight Olson Children’s Hospital and other local charities. Teddy Bear Toss Nights have been kind to the Mayhem in the past with a 3-1 record by a combined score of 17-6. The Mayhem would like to thank all of fans for their overwhelming support of this worthwhile venture.
Unfortunately, due to complications revolving around the Grinch that is COVID-19 and our having to push the SPHL season to a post-Christmas start date, we are not able to host Teddy Bear Toss this year. We still wanted to take time and reflect back on how fortunate we have been in the past year and how we as a team can give help give back to a community that has done so much for us. In lieu of having our annual Teddy Bear Toss, we have partnered with local Department of Family and Children Services offices here in middle Georgia to start our first ever Mac’s Angel Tree. We have adopted several local foster kids from the area to sponsor their holidays this year. Many of our amazing partners have already reached out to help take part in this great project. We are asking that our wonderful fans take hold of this new initiative as they have done with our Teddy Bear Toss and really help us make a positive impact in the lives of so many who need our support.
There are several ways to get involved with Mac’s Angel Tree this Christmas season. The first way to help is to go onto one of two registries that we have set up on Amazon and BuyBuyBaby that has items from each child’s Christmas list. You may also donate through the Mayhem store and have us put the money toward Mac’s Angel Tree. We will also be accepting clothes for the following sizes: Male: 12 Months; Male: 4T Shirts, 2T-3T Pants, 7 WIDE Shoes; Female: 12 Months; Male: 3T-4T Shirts, 2T Pants (Prefer Elastic), 5 Shoes (Slip-On). These clothing donations may be dropped off at the Mayhem offices.
All donations will need to be made by December 21, 2020 so we can ensure that these kids will have their gifts by Christmas! If you have any questions or have any other ideas for how to help spread more holiday cheer with this project, please give Zack Smith a call at 478-254-2815.
We want to thank all of our fans for their continued support of all of the wonderful initiatives that we get involved with as a team. You all truly are in the best fans in the SPHL! From the Macon Mayhem team, we hope you have a Merry Christmas, and we will see you January 2nd!
