COLUMBIA — In some of the coldest weather so far this winter, dozens of Columbia community members participated in World AIDS Day, walking down College Avenue with fistfuls of helium-filled balloons Monday evening. Illuminated by blinking lights, the 235 red balloons represented the lives of the 235 North Central Missouri residents who have died of AIDS during the past 27 years.
Columbia celebrates World AIDS Day
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 | 10:11 a.m. CST;
updated 11:47 a.m. CST, Tuesday, December 2, 2008
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