Of the estimated 18.9 million new STD cases in the USA in 2000, 9.1 million (48 percent- almost half) were among 15- to 24-year-olds. [CDC]
The cost to treat (not necessarily cure) newly-acquired STDs among this age group each year is estimated at $6.5 Billion.
[Alan Guttmacher Institute]
Pro-Life Attention / Fund-Raisers
Mother’s Day Rose/Carnation Sale
Mother's Day ad in local newspaper (collect names of mothers after church services, at civic groups, etc., for $5 per name; list all these mothers' names in an ad with a beautiful photo of a mother and baby at the top with the words, "Thanks, Mom, for my life!") This is a wonderful community project.
Signature Ads
Baby Bottle Drives (buy hundreds of baby bottles and ask families in churches to take them home for a month & fill with spare change)
Spring to Life concert
plan a contest between local church choirs or bands
host a BBQ or a picnic
host a softball / volleyball tournament, perhaps with the picnic
Invite local fast food restaurants to donate a portion of the cost of meals during a certain time period for your fund-raiser. The store may request that patrons specify that the donation be made; you could provide people with a coupon/flyer to help remind them.
[some ideas from Nat Rt to Life news, 3/03; 202-626-8809;
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