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CAMP Rehoboth hosts World AIDS Day service of hope

Annual event remembers friends and family who were lost to the disease
CAMP Rehoboth hosted a service of hope and remembrance Dec. 1 for World AIDS Day at All Saints’ Church in Rehoboth Beach. CAMP board member Leslie Sinclair hands a remembrance carnation to church member Bill Schatzabel as she completes the walk. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
Chris Flood
December 11, 2022

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All Saints’ Episcopal Church
18 Olive Avenue
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
United States

CAMP Rehoboth hosted a service of hope and remembrance Dec. 1 at All Saints’ Church in Rehoboth Beach for World AIDS Day.

Roughly three dozen people attended the late afternoon service, which began at CAMP’s office on Baltimore Avenue before attendees walked to All Saints’ on Olive Avenue.

For this year’s observance, CAMP Rehoboth also hosted a section of the AIDS Memorial Quilt. The section included the patch for Tom Wilson, a well-known local artist who died in 1995.

This year’s service date also marked the opening of a new art exhibit ART & AIDS, A Story to be Told. The exhibit will be on display through Friday, Jan. 6.

For more information on CAMP Rehoboth and the ongoing art exhibit, go to camprehoboth.com, email info@camprehoboth.com or call 302-227-5620.

 

The service began by congregating at CAMP Rehoboth’s office on Baltimore Avenue. Board Vice President Leslie Ledogar takes a selfie with the group in the background.
A few dozen folks attended the service and made the walk.
CAMP Rehoboth staff member Matty Brown and CAMP board member Jason White place a carnation in a vase at the church alter.
Rabbi Beth Cohen blesses those in attendance.
CAMP Rehoboth staff member Amber Lee asks people for memories of their lost friends and family.
The Rev. Shelley McDade said the Wold AIDS Day service was one of the few things people asked about when she arrived at the church last year.
The service included a section of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, which included the patch of well-known local artist Tom Wilson.
As Leslie Sinclair speaks, the AIDS Memorial Quilt looms in the background.
This year’s service date also marked the opening of a new art exhibit ART & AIDS, A Story to be Told. This is a painting done by Daniel Bartasavich, called “A Promise to Protect, A Promise to Provide.”

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Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.

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