Pharma Company Gives $200,000 To Gay Help Line

(San Francisco, California) Giant pharmaceutical company Johnson and Johnson has given the GLBT National Help Center $200,000, the largest donation in the organization’s ten year history. The Help Center provides two national phone line systems – one for LGBT adults, the other for teens – were people can get peer counseling and advice. It also helps local gay crisis centers across the country.
The J&J donation was made through its K-Y brand division and will be given over a three year period. The money will be used specifically for special projects that are designed to help more people learn about the organization’s services, to grow its resource database and to enhance the community’s ability to contact the Help Center, said Brad Becker, executive director of the GLBT National Help Center. “This gift from K-Y. brand along with the continuing support from individual donors will enable us to better meet the increasing demands for our services,” said Becker. Including the donation, K-Y also will run advertising for the organization and promotional events in various markets across the country.
“Despite greater gay visibility in today’s society, many men and women still do not have a safe place where they can ask questions and talk openly about the issues they are dealing with,” said Becker. “In fact, the number of calls to the Help Center’s hotlines has grown each year. For this reason I can’t overstate the positive impact this donation will have on our organization moving forward.”