About Pure & Simple Health Education, Inc.

Pro-Life, Pro-Family, Pro-Youth, Pro-Community, Pro Character Education

Pure & Simple Health Education, Inc. is a 501 (C) 3 not-for-profit organization that educates communities, parents and youth on the value of:

• Sexual abstinence until marriage.
• Abstinence from harmful behaviors like use of alcohol, drugs, tobacco and pornography.
• Development of an appreciation of well-balanced and consistent uses of self-control for the purpose of developing positive, healthy relationships.

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History of Pure & Simple Health Education, Inc.

1997

The Adolescent Sexuality Center at St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita closed following the retirement of natural family planning specialist, Dr. Ruth Taylor. This left a void for abstinence education within the community. Dr. Taylor, along with Mary Easterday, M.Ed., and Lois Theis, R.N., recognized this need and responded by founding Abstinence Education Consultants, Inc.

1998

In it's infancy, the organization primarly provided abstinence education training to teachers for college credit, and conducted classroom and after school abstinence programs.

2001

Abstinence Education Consultants Inc. received a $100,000 federal grant, allowing for program expansion and statewide planning among school principals and superintendents.

2003

A Kansas State Title V Abstinence Grant, requiring a 75 percent match, was awarded to the organization and made renewable for five years. This money funded the creation of a risk elimination program geared toward boys and girls ages 10-17 and their parents.

The organization also founded the Kansas Abstinence Network during this year and became a founding associate of the National Federation for Abstinence Education.

2004

Abstinence Education Consultants Inc., changed its name to Abstinence Education, Inc., and adopted the signature logo "Pure & Simple". The new name and logo more accurately reflects the group's mission, supports its marketing efforts, and sets the organization apart from the dozens of other abstinence education programs throughout the nation.

2010

In March 2010 the organization had a formal name change to "Pure & Simple Health Education, Inc."

Board of Directors, 2010-2011

President: Ronald Ferris, MD

Vice-President: Lois M. Theis, RN, BSN, FCP

Sr. Rose Therese Bahr, PhD

Ruth Taylor, MD

Kate Higgins

Venus Lee

Debbie Nguyen

Executive Director: Sandy Pickert, MPH, RN, BSN

Administrative Assistant: Rhonda Martin