Servers at restaurants in Jasper will again donate half or more of their tips to a good cause on Saturday, July 20.
On Servers Against AIDS Day, servers鈥� donations will go to HIV West Yellowhead and the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
鈥淧eople often tip more because they know the money is going to a cause,鈥� said Megan Dong, HIV West Yellowhead volunteer. 鈥淚n the past, a few of the restaurants have matched their servers鈥� donation.鈥�
Last year, the event raised $5,000, so 鈥渋t鈥檚 a really big fundraiser for our organization.鈥�
Just in time for Servers Against AIDS day, HIV West Yellowhead is unveiling this year鈥檚 Safe is Sexy campaign on July 15. Dong just finished surveying 300 young adults in Jasper about sexual health and the questions compared what people do versus what they think other people do. The anonymous survey is meant to 鈥渂ridge the gap between perceptions and reality,鈥� she said.
Statistics from the survey will be printed on posters with photos from this year鈥檚 Marilyn Monroe inspired vintage photo shoot for the campaign.
The Safe is Sexy campaign is meant to shed some positive light on sexual health in Jasper because there are many misconceptions. 鈥淓verything thinks there鈥檚 a really high STI rate in Jasper, but really it鈥檚 just Alberta in general because a lot of young adults come to Alberta to work.鈥�
This is the second year of a three-year positive sexual health campaign and [HIV West Yellowhead] wants to compare the statistics every year to see if they鈥檙e improving or getting the message across.
鈥淭here are definitely discrepancies between what people think and what they think other people think.鈥�
