March 1998
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Kids with HIV/AIDS to Benefit
from AIDS Memorial Quilt DisplayThis summer, twenty-five children between the ages of three and seven will spend two weeks at Camp Colors, a summer day camp, taking part in the normal summertime activities -- swimming, singing, dancing, learning, and playing, on the green grass at Lasell College in Newton.
But Camp Colors is summer camp with a difference. Its campers are children with HIV/AIDS. So sophisticated medical and other services are required to give these boys and girls a happy and safe summer camp experience to remember.
Camp Colors will be the recipient of funds raised when the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt comes to the Clark Athletic Center on April 23, 24 and 25. The 960- panel display will make the UMass Boston exhibit one of the largest in the country this year.
Bringing the Quilt to UMass Boston was the brainchild of Steven Cicirelli, coordinator of the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Center, and a dedicated group of faculty, staff and students who have worked to make the display of the AIDS Quilt a reality.