Last night the easter distribution (for the Great American Condom Campaign) went off without a hitch! Myself and a few friends filled plastic easter eggs with condoms and slips of paper with STD facts. Then, wearing our Easter bunny ears of course, went around campus at about 3am putting 200 condom-filled eggs everywhere we could think of. We also gave out egss to people we saw walking around campus. Everyone loved it! Walking to class this morning I saw several eggs that no one had noticed yet but I'm sure they will be founf before the end of the day. I'm seeing and overhearing people talking about them and enjoying the little messages inside advotcating safe sex. It makes me proud!

Distribution Event #1 = SUCCESS!

More will follow.

P.S. My basket on my dorm door has slowed in its need to constantly be re-filled. I think the students on my floor might have finally gotten their fill! :-)

Ok so the Women's center on campus has yet to return my emails concerning scheduling a distribution event. One day I will find the time to actually go to their office and speak face-to-face.

Other than that, I got a great idea the other day for a subtle information event I could do on campus. I saw that for the athletic games, clubs would blow up balloons, write on them the dates and time of sports events, and then string them up all over campus. I'm thinking I can do something similar to advocate safe sex. If i can get my hands on a helium tank, I could blow up some condoms, tie them off with ribbon, write STD facts on them or just small messages advocating their use, and then in the middle of the night go out and string them up all over. Can you imagine walking to class in the morning and seeing condoms floating everywhere on your way to class?! I think it would definitly catch people's attention! 

I have already began distributing to students in my residence hall. I put a small basket on my dorm room door and limit the number of condoms I put in to 5 per day. So far 5 condoms normally lasts about 2 days. All my friends want condoms, but I know that are just looking for freebies. I would rather save the condoms for people who really need them and feel trapped by their inaccessability on campus.

Thats all for now!
I'm excited for that helium tank!!!!

~Lexa

Today I recieved the email notification that I was chosen as a GACC SafeSite for my campus and I'm so excited! :)