 Good afternoon, I'm Floyd Warren, President and CEO of the BAPTAC Center and this is Kerry Deaton, BAPTAC Center Foundation Director and we're pleased to be here today. Each year our board is tasked with determining what is going to be the subject for the Christmas ornament for the City of Columbia. It's always a difficult decision as we know Columbia has so many beautiful historic sites and buildings. That with that said, the BAPTAC Center Foundation is proud to unveil the 2020 official City ornament depicting the historic building 701 Whaley. 701 Whaley was built in Columbia, South Carolina in 1903 as the company store for the Airis 5 textile mills. By 1909 it had quickly become a community center for mill workers and everybody just called it the Y. The site included a bowling alley, barber shop, library, auditorium, gymnasium, pool, and dance hall. The building served many purposes until the 1980s when the textile jobs moved away. Today 701 Whaley is a beautiful 55,000 square foot building on the National Registry of historic places and a great example of giving an old building new life. Through this adaptive use, 701 Whaley is a thriving venue that boasts the 701 Center for Contemporary Art, multiple unique event spaces, office studios, live work, lofts, and the hallway community art, a showcase of local artists. Proceeds from the ornament sales would benefit the BAPTAC Center Foundation. Proceeds from the ornament sales are used to enhance the lives of people with lifelong disabilities in various ways, such as providing medical and dental care that are not covered by insurance, as well as providing for the amenities of life that we all take for granted, such as clothing, bedroom and home furnishings, and resources for recreation and social activities. All of these make it possible for the BAPTAC Center to achieve its mission to empower people with lifelong disabilities, enjoy life, promoting abilities, and respecting choice. On behalf of the BAPTAC Center Foundation and its Board of Directors, I would like to thank all of our loyal collectors who have supported this project year after year since 1993. It is very heartwarming to see the outpouring of support from the community at the holiday season. Their contributions help us achieve our mission and make positive impacts on the lives of people that we support here at the BAPTAC Center. Finally, the ornaments are $18 each and may be purchased at the Columbia's Visitor Center or by calling the Foundation at 803-799-1970. You may also purchase them online at www.BAPTACCenter.org. When you go on the website, you also will see this year's the BAPTAC Center 50th year anniversary of the incorporation of the BAPTAC Center. So there's a special commemorative limited edition ornament out there of the BAPTAC Center logo, too, that you can see that's out there for sale also. Since this is a virtual event, Mayor Benjamin has already received the first ornament of the official city ornament of Columbia, and so I would like to ask Mayor Benjamin to give us a few words. Thank you, Mayor. Floyd and Karen, thanks to both of you and to the incredible men and women who support the BAPTAC Center, both your staff, your volunteer board, all of the folks who don't think it robbery to invest in these amazingly beautiful ornaments that adorn the trees in our home every single year. I can't imagine coming home and not having our annual ornament. I think my wife and children would run me out of the house because this is come to this beautiful woman has come to symbolize Columbia in so many different ways. This is indeed one of my very favorite events of the year. And I can't wait until prayerfully next year we're back together and we have a chance to fellowship as we celebrate this ornament because not only does it represent the role that we all play in making this city a true platform for human potential, every single one of the men and women that you serve have amazing gifts from God. And it's our job to make sure that they have the opportunity and ability to use those gifts for the betterment of themselves and the community. And the BAPTAC Center has done that for decades now. It was so thankful. The amazing work you do recognizing all of the facilities and amazing buildings and structures in the built environment in Columbia. It's always fun when it's new venues that represent us gathering in the public domain. But it's even more amazing when you highlight historic buildings. Historic buildings that have been adaptively reused. And this building has had many lives, but adaptively reused for the common good. This place is a place now where new memories are made. The blood and the sweat and the tears and the Olympia runs really deep. It is part of the character of Columbia. Scott Garrick on my staff was just telling me stories about his family and how deeply it runs in the spirit of Olympia. And Olympia is indeed and has been one of the historic neighborhoods that come together to build the character of Columbia. So on behalf of the men and women, both those who have invested, the time talents and treasures, but so many who just invested sweat equity in making sure this building was preserved for the common good. And now to see what's become and have it in fact preserved forever in this ornament for what will be thousands of families. Just say thank you to the Babcock Center. And we hope and pray that everyone within the sound of our voice, thank you to our friends from the media who made it a point to join this press conference. We actually encourage people to purchase this ornament. It's gorgeous. Now it's gorgeous, but it supports the cause that we all support. So thank you, Thoid, Karen, the entire team at the Babcock Center for all the work that you do and may God continue to bless you. Thank you, sir. We appreciate it. So I'm not sure I've done many press conferences via Zoom. My kids love Hamilton. And one of the other days said, so Dad, you're in the Zoom where it happens. So I guess this is replacing the room. I'm not sure. Do you have any questions from from? I have one comment. Thank you all so much, by the way, for honoring us with this ornament. We're we're excited about it and we hope to see them hanging on everybody's tree this year. And we'll be sure and put up a link so that folks can go to that link and make that purchase. I do. Will you hold that up one more time, Steve? Yep. So I wanted to point out one new feature. You see the flags on the top? We just added those flags. This is South Carolina flag and the new city of Columbia flag is on top of our building. So we added that at the last minute and I thought that was really cool. Thank you, Kerry, for making that happen. And it looks great. Looks great. Well, Gladly, thank you for partnering with us and allowing us to do it. Absolutely. It's just wonderful. Everybody that we've talked to have really just been happy that it was chosen. So it's like Steve said, it's in the fabric of Columbia. And so we're glad to be a part of that. We appreciate it. Leanne, I didn't catch that little detail. So obviously, you know, we're all about the flag of Columbia. So that is so good. That's incredibly, that's incredibly cool. So make sure you notice when you drive by next time. Yeah, I will. I'll be right by the day, probably. Thank you. Any questions for me, or the Karen or Leanne? Just hold it up again for us so I can get some video up there. Sure, absolutely. Absolutely. Is that good enough, Rich? I have more seconds. Oh, thank you. Well, no, no problem. No problem. So we're going to use the power of technology that made this the very best year yet. Oh, yes, I tell you, we we've been getting used to it. I tell you, we do everything this way. Now, even when we're in the building this morning, we did a statewide meeting and gave out awards on Webex. And I think everybody's getting used to it after a while. This is this is not an opportunity to let's let's figure out how we have a new normal replaced. Sometimes the old normal wasn't wasn't wasn't the best way to do things. So let's figure out the normal can actually be a world that represents what the Babcock Center has done. But let's let's make it a special place for all of us. So thank y'all and thank you for including us. Thank you on behalf of the city and 7-1-Wale and God bless y'all. God bless you, too. Everyone, thank you, everybody. Thanks for attending. Thank you so much. Y'all take care. You too, buddy.