BOT started in 2012 as a fellowship group meeting the second Saturday of each month at a local Taco Mac, and moved into service projects (listed below) in 2015 to give our ministry purpose and meaning by serving others and glorifying God.  We added a second monthly meeting in February 2016, the 4^th Tuesday of each month, as our email list has grown to 80+ men.

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2020 BOT Annual Report

 *Fundraised $12,000 on multiple occasions to purchase 14 person bus for Holy Trinity (2015-6). We maintain and pay for insurance so it is at no cost to the church

*Purchased and installed lines to run water from the street and electricity from the building out to the HT pavilion (summer 2016)

*Purchased and installed 8 ceiling fans for the pavilion (fall 2016)

*Did multiple handy man projects for widowed member of HT with 15 men on a Saturday morning (spring 2017)

*Held multiple cookouts as fundraisers for BOT (ongoing)

*Bought and installed chair lift for HT staff’s husband who is wheelchair bound (spring 2018)

*Helped secure final funding and maintenance for wheelchair accessible vehicle for long time HT members (spring 2018)

*Gave money ($500) to purchase new costumes for children’s Christmas pageant program (winter 2017)

*Purchased food, set up, cooked, and cleaned up for concert for Saturday Worship at the pavilion, whereby we raised almost $1000 for much needed music equipment (spring 2018)

*Gave seed money ($500) for start up ministry - Women, Wine and the Word (spring 2018)

*Cleaned up dry retention pond in back of HT and trimmed trees over the side fence with about 15 men to help the Go Green initiative of HT (summer 2018)

*Pressure washed long drive way and sidewalk of HT member (summer 2018)

*Purchased umbrellas for inclement weather and placed them at HT entrances (summer 2018)

*Donated $550 to Hurricane Florence victims through “Flood Buckets” at HT (fall 2018)

*Did repair and yard work at both men’s and women’s campuses of The Extension, an alcohol and drug treatment center in Marietta (fall 2018)

*Working on a scholarship fund for high school graduates heading off to college.  Implementation planned for summer of 2019

 *Donated $500 to Prayer Shawl Ministry at HT (fall 2018)

*Did general clean up and repair work at Vince Evans (new Director of Music Ministry at HT) new home in preparation for him moving in (January 2019)

*Donated $375 to Agape Asia Ministry after a presentation at our January 2019 meeting that will sponsor a child for one year

*Purchased and served breakfast at the Extension to approx 25 men (January 2019)

*Spread mulch around HT from the Pear trees that were taken down (March 2019)

*Worked a Habitat for Humanity build on March 9, 2019

*Purchased and served breakfast at The Extension to approx 35 men (April 2019)

*Bought, prepared and sold food for SA Worship concert on May 4^th to benefit the Lighthouse Family Retreat and Habitat for Humanity – unfortunately the outdoor concert was cancelled due to weather – donated $250 to each organization

*Re-striped parking lot May/June 2019

*Pressure washed eldest BOT member’s driveway and sidewalks (June 2019)

*Donated $306 to Vacation Bible School from collections at our SA June meeting

*Constructed fence in Vince Evans’, HT Music Ministry Director, backyard (July 2019). Put in over 80 man hours over 4^th of July weekend!

*Purchased, cooked, served, ate and cleaned up for our quarterly breakfast at The Extension with our 8 guys to over 30 men (July 2019)

*Out of 4 candidates, awarded the first ever Boy’s BOT Scholarship to Carson Lundhagen - $500 per year for 4 years ($2000 total) plus mentorships to all 4 boys  (July 2019)

*Bought two tables at The Extension’s Blues Bash fundraiser and had 14 attendees with total donations of $850 (Sep 2019)

*Donated $500 to Oktoberfest, provided bartending and bus driving services for patrons (Oct 2019)

*Cleaned bus and pavilion in preparation for Oktoberfest

*Created new BOT logo and purchased business cards, banners and shirts (Oct 2019)

*Purchased and served breakfast to approx 35 men at The Extension (Oct 2019)

*Purchased the book “How to be a Man” to use as a devotion for our meetings (Nov 2019)

*Did the first annual “Pub Crawl” to raise money for our boy’s scholarship program. We took the bus to 3 breweries with a DD and 13 guys and raised $2500! (Jan 2020)

*Purchased and served breakfast to approx 27 men at The Extension (Jan 2020)

*Investing $5000 from our budget toward the Boy’s Scholarship through Thrivent Financial (Jan 2020)

*Donated $250 to the Youth Ministry toward mission trips for the Valentine’s Dinner held Feb 2020, with cooking and bartending provided by BOT members

*Purchased/made goodies, and served them for coffee fellowship for the congregation for the two Sunday services (Feb 2020)

*Donated $500 to Hunger Walk (Feb 2020)

*Clean up work day for the HT bus (March 2020)

*Purchased and provided breakfast and dinner at The Extension (Apr 2020)

*Began to meet virtually twice monthly in April during the pandemic

*Purchased and provided dinner to The Extension (June 2020)

*Moved furniture out of Sunday School rooms with 3 pick up trucks and dropped at American Thrift donation center (June 2020)

*First in person meeting held June 23^, 2020 at the HT Pavilion during this pandemic

*Donated $575 worth of Amazon gift cards to HT Foster Children high school graduates (July 2020)

*Purchased 32 HT T-shirts and came in second place in the “T Challenge (July 2020)

*Purchased and provided breakfast to The Extension (July 2020)

*Awarded our second annual BOT scholarship to Gabe Garcia (Clemson) for $500, and to Carson Lundhagen (W. Georgia) for entering his second year. They also received the student edition of “How To Be A Man” and picked their mentors for their college careers. (July 2020)

*Repaired Art Davis Memorial Field sign behind the church parking lot (July 2020)

*Second scholarship fundraising “Pub Crawl” was held at Red Top Brewery in Acworth and we raised $3000+ (August 2020)

*Created BOT Mission Statement (August 2020)

*Spread 40 bales of pine straw at BOT members house after his wife passed away

*Mowed, trimmed, pulled weeds, spread 30 bags of mulch, brought in dumpster for fallen trees to be cut up and cleared, for HT elderly couple who had been sick. 8 BOT men and four HT youth helped over 2 days. Total man hours for project was 54.

*Honored fallen BOT member Dave Lovich with a prayer and candle lighting at our Saturday August meeting. Dave loved being a part of BOT!!! (August 2020)

*Donated $500 to the Un-Taste of Habitat as a Silver Sponsor

*Donated $1000 to American Legion Post 29 Veterans 5k Race as we have several BOTers who are member of the Post (Sept 2020)

*Provided dinners on consecutive Fridays to The Extension (Sept 2020)

*Helped move our eldest BOT member to a new home (Oct 2020)