With Condom Olympics WCHR teaches safe sex

Tuesday, August 20, the WCHR presented the Condom Olympics. The event showed students the correct way to use condoms and promoted safe sex. Students had a variety of events to choose from that each had a specific lesson pertaining to it.  

“We want to educate students on safe sex,” nurse practitioner and director of Family and Reproductive Health Services (FRHS) Nichole Pourier said. “We haven’t done it in a few years but thought it was a good time to bring it back.” 

In the condom relay, groups of four were tasked to put a condom on a food item to try and beat the opposing team. Each person had to put the condom completely on their food item before the next person in their relay could start. After the four individuals were finished, a referee would check that all four condoms were put on the item correctly before time was stopped.  

The condom toss had groups of two toss a condom full of water back and forth until it breaks to show just how easy it is to break a condom. The team that throws their condom the longest wins. 

In the paper clip challenge, students were challenged to pick up as many paper clips as they could with a condom over their hand. If the condom broke the student must stop and put a new one on before continuing. The purpose of this challenge was to show just how much you can feel through the condom while still emphasizing their fragility.  

The spin challenge tested students on how quickly students could put on a condom on a condom demonstrator after being spun around and blindfolded. This effectively taught students that the only way to put on a condom correctly was when they are sober and in a well lit area. The condom in a box challenge had students put their arms through two holes and try to put a condom on a condom demonstrator while being unable to see.  

“It was a really good time,” Cole Martinez 18, sophomore of David City said. “It’s really great for the students to see.” 

“This is really about spreading awareness,” Tashina Prochazka, a nurse at WCHR said. “We want to get everyone out and know that it’s not a taboo subject.”