October 24, 1996.Vol. 26 No. 10

Volunteers include many from our community

Judy Albin, assistant director of East Halls on the University Park Campus, helped unfold a section of the AIDS Quilt Oct. 19-20 in Washington, D.C. Residents of State College, the surrounding community and members of the University faculty, staff and student populations went to Washington in two buses for the event. These locals were some of the more than 10,000 volunteers working on the quilt display.

The quilt, seen in the early morning hours, left, stretches from the Capitol Building to the Washington Monument. Without its walkway, it covers 15 acres and is the size of 14 football fields. At its unfurling, the quilt contained 36,199 panels, weighed 42 tons and represented 11 percent of all AIDS deaths in the United States. More than 2,500 panels were added over the weekend. Organizers have said that because of its size, the quilt will probably not be displayed in its entirety again.

Eight of the quilt's panels will be on display at the Penn State McKeesport Campus from Dec. 5-7. For information about that event, contact the campus health office at (412) 675-9490.

Photos by Andrea Hurley


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