AIDS Athens Bringing Memorial Quilt Panels from Feb. 18th to 20th in Athens, Ga.
The organization is asking the community to request specific panels.
For the first time in ten years, the AIDS Memorial Quilt is coming to Athens. Not the entire giant quilt, but 80 blocks--enough to cover the new grand hall in the Classic Center. The blocks will represent 600 people. And will be the largest art display to come to Athens, according to AIDS Athens director Olivia Long. This year, is AIDS Athens 25th year of service to Athens. And it is also the 25th year of the AIDS Memorial Quilt. The community request specific panels of people they know who died of AIDS. There's a January 14th deadline to get specific information to the NAMES Project Foundation. If you could do a story about the quilt coming - with also a mention of people requesting panels to quilt@aidsathens.org . We will also in the …
