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World AIDS Day observed in Rehoboth Beach
Banners lead the AIDS Candlelight Walk Dec. 1 in Rehoboth. Shown (l-r) are Lara Simon, Ward Ellinger, Allen Jarmon and Sharyn Warick. DAN COOK PHOTOS
December 5, 2018
CAMP Rehoboth Interim Executive Director Murray Archibald lights the candles with an empty seat beside him that represents Steve Elkins, his husband and former executive director, who died in March.
CAMP Rehoboth’s Salvatore Seeley welcomes the gathering before the Candlelight Walk.
CAMP Rehoboth Board President Chris Beagle reads a group of names.
Cathin Bishop lights a candle as Murray Archibald, Karl Zoric and Becky Craft look on.
Rehoboth Beach Mayor Paul Kuhns reads a group of names as Cathin Bishop provides him light with her candle.
World AIDS Day and the Candlelight Walk and Service of Remembrance and Hope were observed Dec. 1 by nearly 100, as participants walked from the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand to All Saints’ Church on Olive Avenue. The service included a reading of the names of friends and family lost to AIDS.
World AIDS Day is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related illness. Founded in 1988, World AIDS Day was the very first global health day.
