Allen and I sat at the table in the conference room going over the list of items that had been donated for the auction we were going to hold in three weeks. The other members of our team were there, too. “We have quite a lot of things to auction off. I think we’re going to be fine,” Allen said. “All total, this may be worth forty thousand.” “But we don’t have something big that will draw a crowd,” I reminded him. Allen still didn’t have his expectations set high enough. “I want to give the clinic more than just forty thousand. There are so many things they need. Come on, people. We can do better than this.” The Pride Clinic served the entire l***q community here, treating both medical and psychological illnesses and conditions that plagued this community. They also had a very good junio

