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Wednesday, April 24
December 1 is World AIDS Day. Free HIV testing at several locations in the city, the Fourth Annual Long-Term Survivor Awards, a candlelight vigil in Boys Town, and 6,000 Steps for 6,000 Orphans, a walk to commemorate the children who are orphaned daily due to AIDS are among the events going on in the city.