Leonard Bevill established Macon Occupational Medicine, LLC (MOM) in 2001 and continues to serve as its president and CEO. He earned his BS in recreational therapy and his MS in exercise science from Georgia Southern University in Statesboro. He belongs to several professional and philanthropic organizations, including the National Association of Occupational Health Professionals, Greater Macon’s Chamber of Commerce, and the Rotary Club, among several others. Leonard Bevill has served as a Scout leader, volunteers as a coach with the Stratford Youth Football League, and maintains an active membership in the Shield Club. Inspired by Detroit’s 100 Club, the Shield Club was established in 1968 in central Georgia to provide financial support to firefighters, police and other peace officers, and their families in the event of injury, death, or extreme hardship. The Club’s first gift of $1,000 was to the widow of a police officer immediately after his passing. The Club today contributes $5,000 to officers who are severely injured in the line of duty, and $10,000 to the families of those killed in the line of duty. It also offers scholarships to active firefighters and peace officers, as well as their immediate families. The Shield Club belongs to the Community Foundation of Central Georgia (CFCGA), an umbrella organization that supports a host of charitable activities in the central Georgia area. Directed donations to the Shield Club can be made through CFCGA’s website at CFCGA.org.

1. LEONARD BEVILL
Central Georgia’s Shield Club
Supports Firefighters and Peace
Officers

2. Introduction
Leonard Bevill established Macon Occupational Medicine, LLC (MOM) in
2001 and continues to serve as its president and CEO. He earned his BS in
recreational therapy and his MS in exercise science from Georgia Southern
University in Statesboro. He belongs to several professional and
philanthropic organizations, including the National Association of
Occupational Health Professionals, Greater Macon’s Chamber of
Commerce, and the Rotary Club, among several others. Leonard Bevill has
served as a Scout leader, volunteers as a coach with the Stratford Youth
Football League, and maintains an active membership in the Shield Club.

3. Inspired by Detroit’s 100 Club, the Shield Club was established in 1968 in
central Georgia to provide financial support to firefighters, police and other
peace officers, and their families in the event of injury, death, or extreme
hardship. The Club’s first gift of $1,000 was to the widow of a police officer
immediately after his passing. The Club today contributes $5,000 to officers
who are severely injured in the line of duty, and $10,000 to the families of
those killed in the line of duty. It also offers scholarships to active firefighters
and peace officers, as well as their immediate families.

4. The Shield Club belongs to the Community Foundation of Central Georgia
(CFCGA), an umbrella organization that supports a host of charitable activities
in the central Georgia area. Directed donations to the Shield Club can be made
through CFCGA’s website at CFCGA.org.