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The Ravens Foundation, Inc. is committed to improving, encouraging and enabling the healthy development of youth in the Baltimore area, as well as other parts of the state of Maryland. For the 13th-consecutive year, the foundation is executing the Ravens PLAY 60 Grant, which provides funding of up to $10,000 to qualifying nonprofit organizations that create and/or continue programs or projects promoting physical fitness and nutrition education.

The grant program continues the foundation’s commitment to increasing physical activity among area youth and seeks to encourage healthy youth activities. The Ravens will consider funding requests that meet the following criteria:

• Organizations that submit requests must be a 501(c)(3) organization.
• Programs or projects must be directed at youth (5-18) and must promote physical fitness and/or nutrition education.
• Nonprofits must illustrate a programming component with measurable goals in order to be considered. Through the Ravens PLAY 60 Grant, the Foundation will not consider funding for the construction of buildings/fields/etc.
• Programs or projects must take place in Maryland.
• All applications MUST be submitted via hard copy mail. Hard copies can be mailed to: Attn: Community Relations, 1 Winning Drive, Owings Mills, MD 21117
• For more information about the NFL Play 60 initiative, visit: www.nfl.com/play60

• Week 1 - Jamie Willis - Long Reach High School
• Week 2 - Donald Davis - Calvert Hall College
• Week 3 - Derrick Krumholtz - Kenwood High School
• Week 4 - Will Bell - Severna Park High School
• Week 5 - Mike Kraus - South Carroll High School
• Week 6 - Corey Johnson - Edmondson-Westside High School
• Week 7 - Larry Luthe - Liberty High School
• Week 8 - Rob Harris - Broadneck High School
• Week 9 - Matt Banta - Dundalk High School
• Week 10 - Butch Schaffer - Glenelg High School
• COY - Butch Schaffer - Glenelg High School

Butch Schaffer, varsity head football coach of the Glenelg Gladiators, has been named the 2019 Ravens High School Coach of the Year. Schaffer is the 22nd recipient of the annual award.

After finishing the season with a 13-1 record, Schaffer led the Gladiators to the most single-season victories in program history and the school’s first-ever trip to the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA) Class 2A state championship game.

Glenelg advanced to the MPSSAA semifinals for the third time in four seasons and defeated the New Town Titans 35-0 in the “Final Four.” The Gladiator defense notched its eighth shutout of the season, securing the school’s first trip to the state title game in its 60-year history.

In his 13th year at the helm of the Gladiators, Schaffer led his undefeated squad into the championship contest against the Oakdale Bears. Racing to an early 7-0 first quarter lead, senior RB Wande Owens provided a 10-yard rushing touchdown to open the scoring for Glenelg. The Gladiators carried a 7-6 advantage into the second quarter, but Oakdale took a 13-7 lead before halftime. The Bears would not relinquish their advantage, ultimately defeating the Howard County school, 35-7.

The 2019 campaign also marked Schaffer’s last as Glenelg’s head coach. The long-tenured coach will continue to teach at the school but plans to devote additional time to his family and high school-aged children in the absence of his football duties.

The Ravens High School Coach of the Year Award has been a fixture in youth athletics since 1997. Previous recipients include: Augie Waibel of Poly (1997), Nick Arminio of Eastern Technical (1998), Pete Pompey of Edmondson-Westside (1999), Dominic Damico of McDonogh (2000), Steve Turnbaugh of Hereford (2001), Dave Eubank of Dundalk (2002), Gene Brown of South Carroll (2003), Ben Eaton of Dunbar (2004), Brad Wilson of Westminster (2005), Dante Jones of Edmondson-Westside (2006), Lawrence Smith of Dunbar (2007), Tony Shermeyer of Century (2008), Rick Conner of Linganore (2009), Damon Bomar of Forest Park (2010), Roger Wrenn of Poly (2011), Reggie White of Milford Mill (2012), Elwood Townsend of Douglass (2013), Thomas Browne of Oakland Mills (2014), Sean Sandora of Dundalk (2015), Joe Polce of Walkersville (2016) and Tim Palmer of Harford Tech (2017).

• Nicole Veltre-Luton – Digital Harbor High School (grand prize winner)
• Daniel Bohlman – Homestead Wakefield Elementary School
• Amy Mattison – Southgate Elementary School
• Chad Pavlekovich – Salisbury Middle School
• Raymond Weber – Salem Avenue Elementary School