The mission of  “Building Young Men Bowtie Club” is to prepare young boys for the challenges of becoming- men in society today. Everyday our young men are pressured into making wrong or incorrect decisions that can lead to devastation in their life. Our program is designed to educate and lead our young men to reach their full potential as productive young, caring, and respectful men of tomorrow.

what makes us different is because we are actually calling all the men in the community to stand up .. we challenge what we call the hood bosses to help us change their community ...even though we have the avenues of the athletes and the senators and Council men.. but we wanted to make those in the community responsible for the community.

1.What is the process for joining “ Building Young Men Bowtie Club”?

In order to join the boys must go through a 12 week probationary period upon completion of the probationary period a graduation will take place.

12 week Probationary Period

1.      Expected to maintain at least “C” average

2.      Expected to attend 4 Sunday Services

3.      Expected to attend 2 “Friday Night Men Fellowships”

4.      Must wear Program “T-Shirt” or Tie every Tuesday

5.      Kindagarten-2^nd Grade must perform 3 hours of volunteer services within the 12 weeks

6.      3^rd Grade-5^th Grade must perform 5 hours of volunteer services within the 12 weeks

7.      Must respect all adults at school and home

8.      Must be on time to school and class….. No Tardies!!

9.      2^nd-5^th must submit a one paragraph summary of each service attended

10.  3^rd – 5^th must submit one paragraph explaining why he should be accepted into the program.

Graduation Ceremony:

Upon completion of the program, each young man will participate in a ceremony where he will be presented with an Honorary Certificate, Watch, and the official Bowtie of Honor!!\

 

2. Why did B.Y.M start a basketball league?

We actually started a basketball league which is the start of many programs. We strive to give children a way to get them off the street and offer them extracuillar activities as a positive option. The league also creates an outlet for the parents to become involved in the childs life. There creating  activity that not only benefits the child but benefits the childs relationship with their parent.

3.Tell us about the 2^nd Annual Parade that B.Y.M. will be hosting on May 16,2015.

 If so tell us about them. Yes we have out 2nd Annual parade ... this parade was set up in the beginning for the dads and men to grab a young boy and walk with them showing them that we are here to show you the right way ... but it has evolved into Women as well .... the paraded is May 16th .. so we invite all families to come out .

4. What do you hope that young men will gain from B.Y.M.? we hope that we can get them to understand a sense of empowerment in themselves... a sense of wanting to be different then what they see around them ... we want them to be able to go out in this world and take what they have learned and pass it on to others .