Re: "Scouts council to offer AIDS education"
Larry Heidkamp (heidkamp@CLAUDE.MA30.BULL.COM)
Fri, 28 Jan 1994 13:15:01 EST
>
> The following is copied w/o permission
> from The Associated Press, Marietta Daily Journal
> 1-28-94
>
> ATLANTA- The Norwest Georgia Girl Scout Council will
> use a $50,000 grant from Levi Strauss & Co. to teach girls
> ages 5 to 17 how to protect themselves from HIV, the virus
> that causes AIDS.
>
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> The Girl Scouts have a history of teaching girls about teen
> pregnancy, substance abuse and suicide, and "the programming
> has to change to meet the needs of the girls," Ms. Borgo said.
>
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>
> Have the GSUSA sold their soul?
>
> Is this the purpose of the GSUSA?
>
> Do you want your 5 year old girl learning about condom use?
>
> Is this "needs of the girls"?
>
> What ever hapend to camping, cooking, and hiking?
>
> How about $50,000 for a new Girl Scout reservation?
>
> Oh, well.
>
>
One of the aims of GSUSA and BSA is to prepare tomorrow's adults and leaders.
AIDS is a major threat to our children. They need to know about the disease
and how to protect themselves through abstinence, the use of condoms or
whatever.
As a parent I KNOW none of MY kids will be sexually active
until after they are married (yea, right). But we must face the facts that
most teenagers will have sex before they graduate from high school and
they will have several partners before they are married. We talk about
the dangers of smoking, drugs, drunk-driving and the wisdom of wearing
seatbelts, bike helmets, life-jackets, etc. So why shouldn't they learn
about the dangers of unprotected sex and the wisdom of abstinence or
using a condom if they can't abstain?
Since GSUSA has a lot of experience in delivering quality programs to girls
of a range of ages, I'm willing to assume that they can create an appropriate
program on AIDS.
I wish the BSA had plans for a similar program.
Larry Heidkamp
SM Troop 25
Uxbridge, MA
Father of 5
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