Winner Of Package Design For ‘Philadelphia Condom’ Announced

April 7, 2011 1:37 PM

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - City officials today announced the winner of a contest to design the package for a special Philadelphia condom (see previous story).

“The winner is Michael Bodenberger with the Freedom Condom design,” said Mayor Michael Nutter at a City Hall ceremony this morning.

The wrapper is a tasteful blue-and-white graphic in which the words share the same ending — “dom” — so it reads “free con dom,” which it is.

The city plans to distribute one million of them this year, with an eye to making them more accessible to teenagers.

Philadelphia health commissioner Don Schwartz says the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey shows Philadelphia has the highest number of sexually active teens and one of the lowest numbers of those who use condoms.

“We have a problem related to reproductive behavior for our youth that goes beyond what we may talk about usually, and leads us to say this is a crisis among young people,” Dr. Schwartz says.

The Freedom Condom will be available through 100 sites including corner stores and beauty salons.

Reported by Pat Loeb, KYW Newsradio 1060.

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Winner Of Package Design For Philadelphia Condom Announced

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[...] city health department’s program, dubbed “Freedom Condom” (see previous story), has given out one million condoms to city residents since it began in early [...]
George Munyan

The mayor’s participation in such an event debases him. He is better than this and should avoid such repulsions.
Sadie Noon

Another band aid to take care of a gaping wound. Freedom condoms to cure a morality problem. Makes no sense at all. Just more of the same. Where are the parents? Disappointing that the city has all these highly paid “leaders “, and this is all they can come up with. We are so deprived, and apparently depraved.