World AIDS Day raises awareness in Coastal Bend, quilt unveiled

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The public unveiling of the AIDS Memorial Quilt was held on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019, at the Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation located at 2882 Holly Road.

Immediately following the World AIDS Day there was a memorial service and candlelight vigil was held at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ.

Sections of the internationally celebrated AIDS Memorial Quilt – the 54-ton, handmade tapestry that stands as a memorial to more than 96,000 individuals lost to AIDS – will be on view from Sunday, December 1 to Friday, December 6, 2019, at the Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation.