My Fiance and I have moved in together.  We are living in a two bedroom one bathroom apartment.  There are five apartments.  Blue, Green, Yellow (where i live), Orange, and Pink.  There are 16 apartments in each building and there are 8 one bedrooms and 8 2 bedrooms in each building as well.  Over the summer, i went condom hunting looking for the best and safest deals at stores and such.  I find myself still trying to be a safesite during the summer when people are wreckless. 
Speaking of wrecks, so many people have died this summer due to wrecks.  Be careful everyone!

I have applied for another term as a safesite.  I hope to be able to get in!! :)

PRIDE is our on-campus LGBT recognized student organization.  I was recently approached by the president of the club who wanted to set up a booth in the Union Main Street to promote safe sex and wanted condoms....which the school wouldn't provide, so I made a generous donation of 425 condoms. 

The Safe Spring Break committee lives down the hall from me. They would like condoms as well.  I told them i would make a generous donation to them as well. 425 condoms to them leaves me with only 550 condoms for distribution. (I'm including the 350 my fiance has in his apartment to distribute.)

I would say this semester is going well for my distribution efforts. Thank you Amplify!

I was at the store just a while ago, and i saw that the condoms were behind a glass case.  i was confused and asked the shop owner why this was and he replied with, "Condoms are our most "lifted" item. I have to take drastic measures to make sure that the condoms are no longer stolen." 

I have filled my condom envelope several times, putting 12 in each time and by now instead of 100 condoms gone in the last week, im at 124 condoms gone in the last week.  Condoms cost money at our health center here  on campus.  You get 20 for $3.00 and it comes with one packet of astro glide lubrication.  Im surprised and shocked at how quickly prices are climbing for condoms. 

Also, I have been posting on my facebook account status little things about the GACC and Amplify.  I recently put this as my status:

"Its condom week.  If you are needing any condoms, please, dont hesitate to ask for some."
It caused a stirr among my followers.  I got this in response: "this is sad and when i mean sad i mean pathetic. i understand promoting safe sex but to go on facebook and announce that you have condoms for free is like telling the population to go have random sex. this is just as bad as _____ telling the world she cheated on her boyfriend."

I luckily have great supporters out there who agree with what i do and will support safe sex.  
"Just because someone has a condom doesn't mean they will go out and have sex. People are going to have sex regardless. There is absolutely nothing wrong with promoting safe sex."
and my favorite response of all time :)  was from my friend who just recently decided that condoms are safer than not having any form of protection, "besides, there are enough people in relationships who dont want to use condoms because they are so expensive. I know it makes me want to be safe, and its FREE!"

So I just wanted to say that i am not ashamed of my facebook posts, Im happy that im doing this.  I enjoy promoting safe sex and the decision of such individuals. 

I wanted to inform the readers of this blog that my fiance and i have a floor program meeting coming up soon, and that we took old, expired condoms (that our health center was throwing away) and blew them up.  I put "Expired" on it and a note that said, "I can be even more full of air, i just choose not to be."  Also, i have another one with water in it and it says the same.   I want to teach people that condoms do not have to be embarassing, that they can be used.  So far, i have had a good response out of that. But for how much longer? keeps ringing through my head. 

My fiance, Garrett Nekuda is also a Safesite Advisor.  He does not have an account here on Amplify, but we have combined our campaigns.  We have a school comedy group called "Zoiks!" and it is and improv group.  They are doing their post Valentine's Day show(s) tonight.  We are close friends with the president of this club, and so we gave him 500 condoms and two packets of pamphlets.  There can only be 250 people in the theatre where they preform at a time, so we thought that 500 was a good number of condoms to distribute.  We are also having them at the beginning and the end of the show say that they can get more by contacting myself and Garrett.  Also that the Healt Center gives 20 for $3.00

So, I got my box of 1000 condoms and have already gotten rid of 100! It's going great and it's only been a week!

I'm glad that everyone survived the snow. it is snowing crazily here in Emporia, Kansas, where I am based. 

My fiance, Garrett Nekuda, also received 1000 condoms. We have been working on this campaign very diligently, and are happy to report that this semester will be even better than last.  My roommate has helped in spreading the word as well, she has managed to get rid of some to her friends. Who we are hoping in turn, will come and seek us out with even more people.

So upon recieving the email that i have been reinstated as a Safe Site, im thrilled to be given more condoms!

so many people have been asking me about when i will be able to distribute again.  Or asking little questions about effectiveness.

Im so excited about this semester now!

this marks the end of my campaign. 
im ready to start again though. 

My roommate and i put on wings and danced around the resident halls and tossed condoms with information how to find us and that we are confidential and not afraid to discuss openly. 

Everyone flooded my dorm room with requests soon enough! it was the best campaign i have had.

It went a lot better than the campaign i was running last year!

My roommate and three others that live on the floor with me, are eagerly anticipating the arrival of applications for next year.  they used to be a very conservative group, sex is bad, sex is evil, yet now they have been a bigger help to me than i thought possible.  i have 200 condoms left and i feel that it is beneficial this way. 

To start my distribution, i wrote a blog about how excited i was.  I have the day set to do said activities in previous blogs, and im ready to do just that, distribute.  I have also put an envelope on my door with condoms in it.  On that envelope, i put, "take one.  if you have no need for this, please pass it on to someone who may.  Practice safe habits"  im happy to report i have had to refill this envelope four times today alone, and i just put it out this morning.

i recieved my condoms in the mail today at three.  i was so excited i started immediately putting together my campaign.  with the help of my boyfriend, Garrett, and my roommate, Gabrielle, who has been saying that she will join next semester, there are 330 less condoms in my possession.  i hope to have a floor program soon (my r/a and another r/a have said that i could be in charge of this month's floor meeting.  which is 65-84 students depending on how many students show up.)  that is supposed to be sometime this month and that is what i was working on until just recently.  i packaged ten condoms per room in a printer paper box that was decorated with different known sayings such as, "wrap it before you tap it," "plastic is fantastic," "no glove, no love," "have safe holidays," and a generic, "stay safe."  
the plan is to speak then have them chose a box (one per room) and the room that gets the package thats different than the rest has to answer questions from me. 
Garrett, is also a memeber of Gacc, and we helped him do something similar for his Fraternity meeting coming up the end of this month. 

i am currently awaiting this semesters arrival of applications for gacc.  i enjoyed spreading the news and sharing with the community i live in for the next four years about how safe sex is just as pleasurable as unprotected sex.  i even found myself over the summer stocking up on condoms from grocery stores or even convienient stores, and gas stations...yes, gas stations. anyways, i wouldnt use them, because i have been abstinant my whole life, and plan to be until i am married, but it does not stop me from learning new and creative ways to distribute and get through to the campus community of Emporia Kansas. 

Wish me luck in the future!

Recently, I finished handing  out the rest of the condoms!

My boyfriend and I are both actively involved in GACC. Today, we set about 200 condoms into a small box and set them outside the reception desk in our main lobby on campus because of the University spring program involving games and prizes. we found a little over half of the box gone when we came to pick it up later in the evening.

also, im happy to report that some students did take them from my speech!

I am planning on using my Public Speaking class as part of my distribution plan.  Talk to them about STIs and staying safe and protecting themselves. There are about 30 of us in this class and we are givin persuasive speeches to the class over the next week with a break because Spring break starts on friday, so what better way than to help them stay protected?
Wish me all the luck!

*~Jes~*