CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 The Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation, in partnership with Gilead Sciences, is hosting a week-long event in honor of World AIDS Day 2025.<\/p>\n
World AIDS Day has been designated on December 1 for nearly 4 decades. It’s a day dedicated to raising awareness, providing support, remembering lives lost, promoting action and fighting stigma.<\/p>\n
The organizations kicked off the event with a community photo event. Those in attendance also got to see the AIDS Memorial Quilt, which serves to celebrate the lives of those who have died of AIDS-related causes.<\/p>\n
Some of those quilts have home ties, representing neighbors from Corpus Christi, Houston and the Valley.<\/p>\n
The week-long event continues Wednesday at 6 p.m. with a remembrance ceremony.<\/p>\n
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