The Pride Challenge is being inaugurated with a generous new gift of $315,000 from the estate of a supporter of HBHC. An additional matching challenge was pledged immediately in response to the Pride Challenge — raising the total challenge to $350,000, with a goal of meeting or exceeding the challenge by the end of LGBT Pride Month on June 30.

According to a press release, donations of any size will be matched by this challenge and go directly to assisting patients who have no insurance and no other resources to pay for their care. Donations can be mailed to Howard Brown Health Center, Attn. Development, 4025 N. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL 60613 or made online at www.howardbrown.org/pridechallenge.