JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 December 1 is World Aids Day. For the 26th consecutive year, special quilts are being put up inside Jacksonville City Hall to mark the day. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s all meant to commemorate those who lost their lives to HIV\/aids. <\/p>\n
Quilts are on full display, honoring those children who passed away from HIV\/AIDS. <\/p>\n
Other quilts were also displayed, two of them having a special connection to Jacksonville. <\/p>\n
Alice Huntley and Angela Nelson have been working for a year on a special project designed for the Aids Memorial Quilt. <\/p>\n
Monday, for World Aids Day, they brought the quilt panels to City Hall to be placed on display with many other quilts honoring those who died of aids\/HIV. <\/p>\n
\u201cInside of the quilt is filled with roses, hearts, and cats,\u201d Angela Nelson said. <\/p>\n
Those details added are there for their friend Evelyn Phillips, whom they called Peaches. <\/p>\n
Her friends say she was a local advocate for those living with HIV. Peaches passed away in 2009, but before that, she started a support group. Another of the panels displayed with the Jacksonville connection was made for a local advocate named Kat. Now those quilts will travel to California to get certified. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe may not see them back here for 5 to 10 years because then those quilts will travel throughout the world,\u201d Justin Bell, CEO\/founder of Friends of the Quilt Jacksonville, said. <\/p>\n
Bell said when the quilt display originally started, they didn\u2019t think they needed a place like City Hall to display it. As many thought there would be a cure by now. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe fact is, it\u2019s still happening,\u201d Bell said. <\/p>\n
While Duval\u2019s HIV infection rate has trended downward in the last 20 years, it\u2019s still above the state\u2019s average, according to the Florida Department of Health stats. <\/p>\n
Organizers say days like today draw awareness. They hope events like this lead to more people getting tested. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re talking about 1 in 7 people living who don\u2019t even know they are positive,\u201d Mohammed Reza, M.D., at REZA Health said. <\/p>\n
They will have the quilts on display until December 4th. <\/p>\n
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