Care Net Abstinence Educators
In a world in which young people are bombarded with conflicting messages, teenagers are constantly seeking answers. Care Net Abstinence Educators desires to help teens and young adults find those answers. We understand that young people face all kinds of issues from sex, drugs and alcohol, to relationships, dating and peer-pressure. Our goal is to help young people make wise and educated decisions now, knowing that it will affect and determine their future.
What we offer:
When Care Net Abstinence Educators is invited to speak at your school, church or organization, there are a variety of different presentations and topics to choose from.
Living Life on Purpose
Students clearly asses life direction in light of current decisions and future goals. This presentation helps them understand that the decisions they make today, will profoundly affect their future. This presentation is one hour long.
Peer Pressure
Students are empowered to be able to resist negative pressures that lead to unhealthy choices. This presentation is one hour long.
Influence of the Media
Students learn how the media oftentimes affects the decisions we make. They learn how to guard what they see, hear, watch and say, knowing that it influences their behavior. This presentation is one hour long.
Friendships Relationships and Dating
Students learn how important it is to develop good, healthy friendships first, before moving into a dating relationship. Knowing how to set boundaries in relationships is vital to making wise choices. They also learn about the qualities to look for in a relationship, as well as warning signs in a possible unhealthy relationship. This presentation is one hour long.
Sexual Integrity and Consequences of Premarital Sex
This presentation builds upon the principle that sexual abstinence until marriage is the expected standard and healthiest choice. Students learn about the emotional, physical and mental consequences of premarital sex such as sexually transmitted diseases, out-of-wedlock childbearing and emotional pain. This presentation can be one hour long, or broken up into two, one hour presentations in order to give the most information possible.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Engaging in sexual activity puts one at risk of contracting over 30 different STD's. Students learn about these risks, different diseases and their consequences. This presentation is one hour long.
Gateway Drugs
Alcohol, tobacco and marijuana are called the "gateway drugs." Students learn how engaging in these substances puts them at risk of getting involved in more dangerous substances. They learn about these risks as well as the consequences. This presentation is one hour long.
Rachael Hine speaking at Boys and Girls Club Vero Beach.
Michelle Lenk speaking at Boys and Girls Club Vero Beach. 
Corrie Lamond speaking at Feed the Lambs Enrichment Program. 
Other Programs We Offer:
Hooked
What is Hooked?
This study will help you discover that "hooking up” is the easy part, but “unhooking” from the bonds of a sexual relationship can have serious consequences. Take a practical look into new scientific research showing how sexual activity causes the release of brain chemicals which then result in emotional bonding and a powerful desire to repeat the activity. Don't miss out, this could be the best news you ever heard!
Please contact Michelle or Rachael @ 772-569-7939 or outreach@carenetirc.org for more information!
Illusions
What is Illusions?
Illusions is an eye-opening presentation for teens that dramatically exposes the harmful effects of pornography. Through appropriate, guided interactions, students come to realize that just beneath its seductive surface, pornography is a dangerous underground world of deception, addiction and devastation.
Through this presentation students will learn how porn warps the brain’s perception of sex, love and intimacy. Then armed with this knowledge, our teens can become better prepared to resist its allure, embrace their purity and pursue healthy relationships.
Please contact Michelle or Rachael @ 772-569-7939 or outreach@carenetirc.org for more information!
Battle of the Sexes
Battle of the Sexes, addresses the following issues: how different girls and guys are, setting standards in dating relationships, why you should wait until marriage to have sex, what are the best choices for you? The topics of discussion are presented through personal testimonies, interactive games, media presentations, skits, and dramas. BOTS is usually done in a 2hr muti-media presentation. Please contact Michelle or Rachael @ 772-569-7939 or outreach@carenetirc.org for more information.
Battle of the Sexes Presentation to the youth at First Church of God
Battle of the Sexes Presentation to the youth at St. Helens
Battle of the Sexes Presentation to the youth at First Covenant Church
Aspire and Excel
Care Net Abstinence Educators is pleased to introduce the abstinence education
curriculums we are utilizing: Aspire and Excel. Both of these workbooks may be used in one-on-one peer-counseling sessions at Care Net, or in group sessions.
Aspire: As the name implies, Aspire is an upbeat, forward looking, positive presentation of the benefits of abstinence and marriage, designed specifically for public school students. Abstinence and Marriage Education Resources have spent the past two years developing this program to specifically meet the needs of the Title V and CBAE abstinence education programs.
The central them of Aspire is the clear message that abstinence before marriage is one of the best ways to prepare for a healthy, stable future marriage. Aspire includes the very latest facts and figures from the Centers for Disease Control, and the National Center for Health Statistics, and is regularly updated as new data becomes available. Aspire is an interactive workbook which includes eight chapters that build upon one another in an effort to guide students in making wise and healthy decisions in their lives.
Excel: Excel is very similar to Aspire, however, it is designed with a biblical foundation. It includes scriptures in every chapter, giving a scriptural foundation for every topic discussed. It follows the story of Joseph in Genesis and weaves it into every chapter as well. Excel is perfect to be utilized for youth groups and church events. This is also the curriculum we use at Care Net for one-on-one peer-counseling.
For more information about these curriculums, please visit the Abstinence and Marriage Education Resources website.
Abstinence Speakers in Schools
Every year Care Net Abstinence Educators sponsors a well-known abstinence speaker to come to our local schools and do assemblies. These speakers focus on encouraging students to make wise and healthy choices as well as living a life of sexual integrity. Speakers such as Mike Long, Pam Stenzel, Lakita Garth, Keith Deltano and Future Now have all done school assemblies in Indian River County.
Future Now speaking on making healthy choices.
School assembly at Sebastian River High School with Future Now speaking.
The Future Now team and Care Net team with Assistant Principal at Oslo Middle School Dr. Bennie Shaw. 
The Revolution: Love
The Revolution:Love (TRL) is a group of everyday middleschool and highschool students determined to revolutionize our culture by basing our lives on love - love for ourselves and for others. As part of TRL, you will build significant relationships with team leaders who want to invest in your life and your future a well as people your own age who want to have meaning in their lives too.
As a group, we'll talk about making the most out of the tough situations you will face as a teenager like peer pressures, sex and dating, drugs and alcohol, making and keeping friends, self-esteem, respect and character, and leadership. We're also committed to making a lasting impact on those around us. Our monthly meetings include activities and discussions that will help us grow stronger as a group and as individuals. You will also have the opportunity to help with presentations at events, schools, and other local organizations that help spread our values to the community we live in and beyond. We believe in the ripple effect! By choosing to live a life of love and significance NOW, you're making sure your future will be the best it can be. Imagine not having to constantly deal with the consequences of your past. Join the Revolution today.
The Revolution: Love welcomes all high school teenagers willing to take a stand for abstinence! Make a difference! If you want to be apart of TRL, or just have a few questions, email Michelle or Rachael at outreach@carenetirc.org, message us on Care Net IRC's facebook, or call us at (772) 569-7939.
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"I am inspired with great passion to help this generation. I believe they're not the problem, but the solution! My desire is to show them they can live a life of NO REGRETS." -Rachael Hine - Care Net Abstinence Educator
Quotes from Past Revolutionaries
"I think that many teens are unaware of others who share the same kinds of values as they do. TRL gives those teens a chance to see that they are not alone in taking a stand for what is right." -Sarah Boling
"I know that ABSTINENCE is the only 100% effective method of birth control, STD's, self-esteem, and a good future. Choosing abstinence will help you feel in control of your mind and body." -Maria Murillo
