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CAMP Rehoboth hosts World AIDS Day service

Kevin Pelland and Leslie Ledogar lead the candlelight procession from CAMP Rehoboth to All Saints’ Church on Olive Avenue for the service of hope and remembrance to mark the 37th annual World AIDS Day Dec. 1. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Dan Cook
December 4, 2024

CAMP Rehoboth hosted a service of hope and remembrance Dec. 1, to mark the 37th annual World AIDS Day at All Saints’ Church in Rehoboth Beach. This year, World AIDS Day organizers have adopted the nationwide theme, Collective Action: Sustain and Accelerate HIV Progress.

Nearly 100 people attended the evening service, which began with a candlelight walk from CAMP Rehoboth on Baltimore Avenue up First Street to All Saints’ Church on Olive Avenue.

A section of the AIDS Memorial Quilt was hanging from a custom frame behind the pulpit. This year, the section included the patch for artist Keith Haring. He was also known for his activism in promoting AIDS awareness. Haring died Feb. 16, 1990, in New York of AIDS-related complications. He was 31 years old.

The service featured performances by the Alliance singers of the CAMP Rehoboth Chorus, and a dance and word presentation of Psalm 23 by Pam Jusino.

Additional programming will be offered at CAMP Rehoboth during December in honor of HIV/AIDS Awareness Month and as part of CAMP Rehoboth’s commitment to community connection, awareness and social impact. CAMP Rehoboth also provides free condoms, dams and rapid HIV testing Monday to Friday, all to help end the HIV epidemic.

For more information on CAMP Rehoboth, go to camprehoboth.org or call 302-227-5620.

 

 

In recognition of the 37th annual World AIDS Day, CAMP Rehoboth hosted its annual service of hope and remembrance Dec. 1 at All Saints’ Church in Rehoboth Beach. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Pam Jusino performs a dance with the theme of Psalm 23.
The Rev. Shelley McDade of All Saints’ Church welcomes attendees to the service of remembrance.
The Rev. Heather Rion Starr of the Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware speaks to attendees.
The Rev. Heather Rion Starr, right, speaks as Bill Schatzabel, a member of the Episcopal Parish of All Saints' Church and St. George’s Chapel, lights the candle of remembrance.
Toni Barrett and the Alliance singers of the CAMP Rehoboth Chorus perform, “In My Life.”
Kim Leisey, CAMP Rehoboth executive director, speaks about the importance of World AIDS Day.
Dan Potts of the CAMP Rehoboth Chorus sings “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”
The Rev. Eddie Jusino addresses attendees and reads the poem “After a While.”
The Rev. Janice Bowker of Metropolitan Community Church reads the poem “After a While.”
Rev. Dr. Vicki Gordy-Stith speaks to the gathered about observing World AIDS Day and reads the poem “After a While.”
Matty Brown, CAMP Rehoboth communications manager, speaks to attendees and invites a time of sharing.
Rabbi Emerita Beth Cohen of the Seaside Jewish Community reads the transliteration of the original Aramaic text of the Mourner’s Kaddish.
Preparing candles for the walk are CAMP Rehoboth volunteers (l-r) Kat Takacs, Cisley Turpin, Karen Maull, Tony Incalcatera, James Buswold, Nina Graves and Georgette Stafford.
CAMP Rehoboth hosts an art show inspired by artist Keith Haring, who died Feb. 16, 1990, of AIDS-related complications.

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