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development, life skills personal worth, dignity, respect, and boundary setting. What this means is that adolescent sex is normalized, and the attitude of adults is, teen sex is okay and the best we can do is just teach them how to do it safer. This coupled with the sexually saturated culture our children are marinating in created a climate where a pedophile like Jefferey Epstein could molest young girls with impunity. We say we care about children; we protect them from all kinds of injuries with car seats, bike helmets and protective sporting gear. Why then do we not have the same passion to protect them from vulgarity, pornography, and involvement in early sexual debut. I just do not understand this hypocrisy especially when the teen brain is not fully developed, nor does the developing brain have the capacity to make such emotional and consequential life decisions. When I speak about protecting adolescents from early sexual debut and other high-
risk behaviors, I get an earful about how we, as a nation, are not doing enough sex education. Parents are the first ones to get blamed because the “so called” experts declare parents are clueless and are not talking to their kids. That is why we need experts, bureaucrats, and teachers to do the job. If an organizations like the Center for Relationship Education chooses to not focus on sex, but rather on healthy relationship development, the worth and dignity of every adolescent, and the strategy for future life success, we are accused of putting our collective heads in the sand and not giving the students what they need to protect themselves from unwanted pregnancy, disease, consent conversations and LGBTQ intolerance. Can we agree that all people need relationship skills, tools to avoid risky behaviors and skills for life success? Can we agree that school aged children need to be protected from this kind of abuse and terror that Jeffrey Epstein was able to get away with for decades? joneen@myrelationship center.org www. myrelation shipcenter.org
Canvas Credit Union donates $10,000 to help provide nutritional support for Aurora community
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I was watching the documentary called, Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich. With each episode I watched, testimonials from several high school girls who were recruited to give massages to an older rich guy in Palm Beach, Florida for money were showcased. This man, Jeffrey Epstein, eventually ended up sexually abusing and even trafficking them. It made my blood boil. What were the high schools teaching about setting boundaries and sexual activity that would normalize this type of request from a peer recruiter? Why did high school girls think that this request was okay and act on it? Looking into this further, I investigated what kind of health education curriculum was taught in the high schools in West Palm Beach, Florida during the late nineties. What I found was the high schools taught (and continue to teach) comprehensive sexuality education that is heavy on “condoms and consent” and light on healthy relationship
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Local credit union provides support for Aurora Public Schools (APS) Foundation, helping to feed thousands during the pandemic The Canvas Foundation, the charitable arm of Canvas Credit Union, surprised Aurora Public Schools’ financial leadership team with a $10,000 donation to help provide nutritional support for families in the Aurora community who have been affected by the pandemic. In addition to meeting the nutritional needs of nearly 70% of students in the APS system who qualify for free and reduced meals, since the end of March, the APS Nutrition Services Department has also been providing free meals for community members who are in need. On average, more than 12,000 meals are provided to students and adults every day. That number nearly triples every Friday because they’re providing enough meals to get everyone through the weekend. Federal funds cover meals for those under the age of 18, but adult meals are not covered, so APS turned to their community partners for an additional $15,000 needed to fuel their free meal program. Canvas immediately stepped up to partner with APS and donated $10,000 to help them
reach their goal. These meals are even more important now, during the pandemic, when families are facing difficult times and uncertainty. Many Colorado school districts, including APS, continued to offer meals to students, even when they were forced to stay at home for remote learning. Some are now offering relief during the summer. The donation follows in the footsteps of a $60,000 gift provided by Canvas Credit Union in early December 2019. Those funds were used to erase student lunch debt at 18 Title 1 schools within the Aurora Public Schools District, helping to ease the financial burden for more than 1,400 families during the holiday season. "The additional $10,000 from Canvas is tremendous and will help us secure the resources we need to continue providing food during this difficult time,” said APS Superintendent Rico Munn. “Their contribution will help provide healthy grab-and-go breakfast, lunch and dinner to children and adults at 21 locations through the end of July." The donation was presented during a virtual meeting when Canvas Credit Union and Canvas Foundation representatives interrupted a vir-
tual APS financial leadership team meeting to surprise them with the donation. “We have deep appreciation and respect for the impact the APS Nutrition Services team is having across the Aurora community,” said Steve Ferrero, Canvas’ Chief Community Engagement Officer and Canvas Foundation Board Member. “Coming together to support our neighbors in need is essential right now, and this investment will help to provide food and other assistance to our most vulnerable community members as we all manage our way through this pandemic.” Canvas Foundation is a not-for-profit charitable foundation established in 2017 to promote financial success and self-sufficiency, especially in communities where Canvas Credit Union members and employees live and work. This heartled organization emphasizes support of schools, families, veterans and first responders. This includes investments in scholarships for local students, financial education in schools and communities throughout the Front Range, services that support veterans and first responders, and partnerships with community organizations and local school districts.
