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Last Updated: Jan 11, 2012 - 12:58:16 PM |
Freeport, Bahamas - The Red Rose Ball Committee are gearing up to receive Kyle Hatcher, Economic Officer, representative from the Embassy of the United States to The Bahama be in attendance at TEEN PEP HIV/AIDS Intervention FREE workshop on January 11th, 2012 , 10:00am to 3:00pm Canal House, Pelican Bay Hotel.
Through the generosity of the grant obtained for the United States Embassy, the Red Rose Ball Committee was able to successfully launch Teen PEP (Teen Prevention Education Programme).
After our first free workshop reputable members of the community have asked how they can take part in this much needed programme for teens. The Red Rose Ball Committee (RRBC) is coordinated and operated by a team of dedicated volunteers within the community of Grand Bahama; it is the support of these volunteers that make possible the successful coordination of Teen PEP.
The committee ever changing with the times is moving towards more than just a fund raising committee, but has now focus further to coordinate a youth branch of the organization TEEN PEP. Teen Pep commenced on the island during the weekend of September 22, 2011 and was indeed a success targeting a specific age of the school population providing them with the necessary tools to not only prevent them from becoming infected with HIV/AIDS but also educate teens and their peers about HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections and Abstinence. While the programme is not to encourage pre-marital sex the subject matter will be addressed to discourage the rising incidents of teen pregnancy and improve self-esteem among our teens.
The Committee was able to seek Professional assistance from a series of presenters such as Dr. Cynthia Archibald, Ph.D., RN Associate Professor Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing Florida Atlantic University and Dr. Kim Jolly PhD, ARNP Florida Atlantic University Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, who traveled here to open the first session of the AIDS Intervention workshop.
The second workshop was held on Saturday, November 26th, 2011 at the Pelican Bay, Canal House where all of our workshops are being held. The presenters for the second workshop were Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity targeting more of our young men to be a part of the program. Eager to make this partnership a success the fraternity extended an invitation to members of Zeta Phi Beta they are a constitutionally bound sister organization of the fraternity. They together made this workshop a success.
We are proud to announce that our third session will be held on Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 at 10:00am - 3:00pm during this timeMr. Kyle Hatcher; Economic Officer, Representative from The Embassy of the United States to The Bahama will visit our workshop to see our progress. Also, a selected panel of Community professionals will be available for discussion during this workshop.
Pastor Garrick Davis
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Our guest speaker for the HIV/AIDS Intervention workshop is Pastor Garrick Davis a young aspiring Minister, born and raised in Delray Beach, Fl. Attended and graduated from Spanish River High School in 1989. With a zeal to take his level of excellence one step further, after high school he attended the University of Florida to pursue a degree in engineering.
After 5 years as a successful sales manager and leadership trainer at Rhodes Furniture, he was set apart for full time ministry and was given the honour to serve as the College Pastor of a diverse church of about 1500 people. For ten years at this local church in Gainesville, he empowered and equipped University of Florida and Santa Fe College students to be a standard of righteousness and impact their world with the gospel and the arts, firmly believing in the motto “Don’t isolate from the world but infiltrate”. In addition, he had the opportunity to speak on leadership in the professional and collegiate world.
Pastor Garrick Davis lead and co-coordinated teams on short term mission trips to China, Peru, and New York City. His mission has always been “making an uncommon contribution to society through the unique service of our God-given gifts and talents” and lives by this motto.
Dr. Miles Munroe & Pastor Garrick Davis
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Wearing many hats he has served for four years on the board of Miramar PAL (Police Athletic League) and is currently Vice President and CEO of LEADn3, affiliate of The Pacific Institute. After four years of learning and being transformed by the Holy Spirit and the teaching of the Kingdom. He has been mentored by Dr. Myles Munroe, and is providing Kingdom Leadership Training in the city of Miramar.
ALL the High Schools on Grand Bahama will be in attendance, and we want to ensure we have all angles covered as it relates to HIV/AIDS education.
The RRBC is one hundred percent committed to the education and prevention of HIV/AIDS we have one more sessions of the Teen PEP programme which will be held during the month of March 2012. Parents and educators alike are asked to make sure they have student presenting their perspective high school in attendance. The first session was just over 100 participants and this time we hope to triple that amount and we try to remind our adults to Take the Lead, Keep the Promise - by Stopping HIV/AIDS. Remember the motto of the GBAAC and RRBC "Prevention Now".
This workshop is FREE and open to other teen organizations to attend.
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