Stratford Organization Gives $15K For Gender-Affirming Surgeries

STRATFORD, CT — Stratford-based Health Care Advocates International recently donated $15,000 to the Jim Collins Foundation. Health Care Advocates International is an organization dedicated to HIV awareness and prevention and the mission of the Jim Collins Foundation is to provide financial assistance to transgender people for gender-affirming surgeries. The donation was given Nov. 20, on the Transgender Day of Remembrance. The funds will help pay for two people's sex reassignment surgery. For more information, visit www.hcaiinc.com or jimcollinsfoundation.org.