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Ottawa’s contest to choose a logo
for a youth-oriented condom awareness campaign received about 30 submissions
prior to Friday’s deadline. The winning logo for the “Sex it Smart” outreach
will be featured on packaging, posters, stickers, and in social media outreach.
A local panel will choose the winner
on June 28; the design will be introduced in July. “We have some really
talented youth in our community,” said Christiane Bouchard, a project officer
with Ottawa Public Health. Despite opposition from “a few people” who felt the
contest for youths ages 15-29 was not appropriate, she said most people “are
really keen on it.”
Ottawans in the target age group
accounted for 82 percent of the city’s recorded gonorrhea and chlamydia cases
in 2011, and they saw a spike in HIV infections as well.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
TOGETHER WE REMAIN STRONG!
