| Dear CAMP Rehoboth, We are seeking community leaders interested in our Sussex County
youth. Our Kent Sussex AIDS Program (KSAP) has a number of health promotion and risk
reduction projects operating in your area. Our youth prevention project, PLAY!
(Prevention, Lessons and Activities for You!) works with kids to create safe settings and
supportive activities enabling them to discuss issues, practice communication skills and
learn options to reject alcohol, drugs, tobacco, violence and unsafe sex. We run
discussion groups for youth and do training about HIV/AIDS in the community. Our next
phase is to build a mentorship team with adults. We would like to bring youth and adults
together once a month to talk about what is going on in the community, what resources are
available or needed, how special projects may help bring groups together and to help youth
build skills by working with matched adults (mentors). We believe Sussex County youth have
much to offer and need a place to communicate with adults without fear of punishment. If
we learn from each other, we can build with each other!
To find out how to get involved, call 302 856-2388.
Sincerely,
Ray Collins, CAAC
PLAY! Community Organizer
Dear Steve,
On behalf of Rehoboth Beach Main Street, I would like to
thank you and CAMP Rehoboth for all your help getting the desserts for the fourth annual
Community Unity Dinner. I really believe that the desserts are the reason that people keep
coming back year after year. Honestly, everyone always comments about how wonderful they
are.
All of your help really took a lot of stress off of me and
added to the tremendous success of the dinner.
Over the past year and a half, you and your organization
have really made my job a lot easier and I truly appreciate that. Again, thank you for all
of your help and your continued support of the Main Street program. If there is ever
anything Main Street can do to help CAMP please let me know.
Best Regards,
Anne Marie Burnell
Program Director, Rehoboth Beach Main Street
(CAMPnote: All CAMP Rehoboth had to do was get the word
out that we needed donations. The real thanks goes to the Blue Moon, Cloud 9,
Subway-Downtown, and Tastefully Done for their willingness to provide the desserts.)
To the Editor:
Two American ideals that we can all agree upon in the
abstract are justice and its corollary, equal protection under the law. It has taken some
time, but now American jurisprudence recognizes that minority citizens must be treated
fairly. It is now illegal for landlords to racially discriminate, for employers to hire or
fire based upon gender, or for stores or restaurants to refuse service to religious
minorities.
However, open discrimination against homosexuals remains in
large part legal according to federal law, and that of most states. Gay people may be
fired, demoted, or passed over for a raise solely because they are gay or are thought to
be gay. Usually landlords may legally refuse to rent to a gay person or to someone they
think might be gay. Gay or perceived gay persons may legally be refused public
accommodations in most states and municipalities.
We submit that such an egregious lapse in federal and most
state laws violates our American sense of justice as well as the sensibilities of most
thinking people.
Approximately 6% of American citizens are homosexual and
thus lack such equal protection under the law. State and federal legislators should
address this matter of simple justice.
Douglas and Corey Marshall-Steele
Dear CAMP Rehoboth,
We are pleased to announce the success of the 1997 Delaware
Pride Festival last October. The weather was very cooperative. It is important to note
that it was our community that made the event possible. Delaware Pride was able to
contribute $250 to one AIDS organization within each county, New Castle, Kent, and Sussex.
With the new year, we are writing to confirm our plans for
the 1998 Delaware Pride Festival in Wilmington’s Rodney Square on October 3.
We encourage you to spread the word. Our community and
members of Delaware Pride thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Delaware Pride Committee
Dear Friends,
As we close the year of 1997 and our activities to prevent
HIV/STD’s in the community, I recall all the times throughout the seasons you have
offered your support. Our activities are such that without the help of leaders such as
yourselves we would not be able to transfer the important information about health and
responsibility, nor conduct the forums for individuals to discuss the difficulties of
behavior change. The little towns of Delaware have much strength due to the resources of
people like yourselves.
From the entire staff of KSAP thank you for all you have
given and a very happy new year.
Sincerely,
Teet Sharp
Outreach Assistant, Kent Sussex AIDS Program.
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