Planned Parenthood volunteers bring sex education to residence halls
Vox Vice President and condom fairy Keelei Sage is one of six fairies to hand out free condoms to students in the residence halls.
Fairies are sprinkling condoms around residence halls.
Voices for Planned Parenthood has put together a group of women dedicated to promoting safe sex. Each year VOX volunteers take sex education training to be able to answer students questions.
This year VOX has six fairies delivering condoms to residence halls a few times each month. These fairies are equipped with tutus, wings and wands embellished with condoms.
Condom fairies decided when and where they will make surprise visits. Though deliveries are often spontaneous, requests can be made through the condom fairies' Twitter or Tumblr pages.
"Few students take handfuls, some take just one or two. Others shut the door in my face," said VOX Vice President Keelei Sage.
A condom fairy's main concern is for the students who are uncomfortable with buying their own condoms. Having the right resources is the first step to being safe said Sage.
Detroit sophomore Sean Ashby heard about the condom fairy from some friends before actually meeting one of the volunteers at an event.
"I think that it's a good mission teaching college student to be safe especially if they haven't been taught at home," Ashby said.
VOX is working on expanding their services members to males named “condom crusaders.” By fall 2015 the condom fairies want to broaden their demographic to more upperclassmen who live off campus.
“Soon I would like the fairies to show up to lease signing parties or walk around at apartment complexes,” Sage said.
Not all students are comfortable talking about sex, which is why VOX puts on events like “Sexy Time in South Quad” and “Sextival” each year. Students can anonymously write down questions on a notecard for the condom fairies to answer.
“My first instinct would be to laugh if I ever ran into a condom fairy or a condom crusader,” junior Alex Rogers said. "I would take the condoms because I do not need a little Rogies running around yet.”
VOX is in the midst of creating a Facebook page and a hotline that can be utilized for unknown questions about sex.
