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AIDS Quilt to be displayed in it's entirety 10/11-13
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Deborah Cherry)
Tue Sep 24 18:10:27 1996
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 18:06:56 -0400
Reply-To: Deborah Cherry <dc30+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU>
From: Deborah Cherry <dc30+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
I posted this information a long time ago, but now that it's fast
approaching I wanted to post it again and add a few comments (marked by
**) (I should have done this a while ago). I will definitely be there on
Saturday. Please pass this along to other brothers/chapters, esp. in the
DC area.
The entire AIDS Memorial quilt will be on display in DC this year on
Columbus Day weekend- October 11-13. It is going to be a huge
undertaking, and they are looking for volunteers. This would be an
excellent service project for any of the chapters in the DC area and/or
a worthwhile fundraiser for non-local chapters.
I encourage anyone/chapters who can make it to the display to do so. If
you are looking for local projects or to arrange for transportation
there, you can also try contacting your local chapter of the NAMES
project, they are listed on the web page below, or contact their
National headquarters.
**They are still in need of additional volunteers. At this point, I
recommend calling your local chapter and/or the National Headquarters
to sign up (esp. if you want to be on an Unfolding Team, see below).
Many local chapters are having training sessions so they have less
people to train at the site. My understanding (mine is tomorrow) is that
it is primarily how to unfold and fold up the Quilt in case of rain.
Last time they had the entire Quilt folded and protected within a minute
and a half of rain... You can still volunteer if you don't receive prior
training. They need help Wednesday through Sunday. Some areas are: Quilt
Unfolding Team (7am-9am), Orientation and Tour Guides, Bilingual and
American Sign Language (ASL) Tour Guides, Set Up and Break Down Crews,
and Metro and Bus Group Greeters and Support.
**Friday, Oct. 11 is "Youth Day on The Quilt," they are encouraging
schools, colleges, youth groups and student orgainzations to particpate
on that day, esp. as a Quilt Unfolding Team (but they can help any time,
they just have a different focus for each day).
**If any DC area chapters are particpating, please let me know, so I can
try to join you/find you at some point.
**If any chapter/individual in the area can house some Brothers, please
let me know, I have some Brothers from Pittsburgh who are interested in
coming down, and I may be looking for housing as well.
**If you go, you will be able to look up where people's panels are.
Brother Earle M. Herbert's panel is #3489, there will be maps to help
you locate the panels by #.
The NAMES project is on the web for those who have access:
http://www.aidsquilt.org/ They have a form there to sign up for more
info/to volunteer/to get info on how your group can help.
The rest of their contact info:
email: info@aidsquilt.org
tel: 415 882-5500
fax: 415 882-6200
310 Townsend Street, Suite 310, San Francisco, CA 94107
Only 16 days until the D.C. Display
From the DC '96 Web page:
AIDS is now the leading cause of death among American men and women aged
25 to 44.
As 45,000 AIDS Memorial Quilt panels-15 city blocks of fabric--are
unfolded, the names of the dead will ring out over the open expanse. In
all, over 70,000 names will be read, more names than are carved into the
nearby Vietnam War Memorial.
The Numbers:
45,000 panels are expected -- more than double the
size of the Quilt display in 1992.
3,000 new panels are expected to be turned in at the
display itself.
More than 10,000 volunteers will participate in the
three-day display.
Hundreds of eight-person teams from all over America
will unfold the Quilt in the early hours of October 11,
1996.
An estimated 750,000 visitors are expected, including
50,000 school children.
Over 21 miles of walkway fabric will allow people to
get close to each memorial panel.
2,000 readers -- elected officials, sports figures,
celebrities, community and religious leaders, educators,
people with AIDS, family members, friends-will each
take a turn at the podium, reading the litany of over
70,000 names.
$1 million in donations is needed to make this display
happen.
This display will mark the fifth time the NAMES Project
has brought the entire Quilt to Washington.
Yours in LFS,
Debbie Cherry
Kappa Chapter, Carnegie Mellon University
Life Member
Section 62 Staff
dc30@andrew.cmu.edu
