This is our 27th year of working with Pat Shingleton and WBRZ-Channel 2 to help needy patients through our Fill a Prescription for the Needy campaign. Since our pharmacy was first established in 1995, we have filled hundreds of thousands of prescriptions. Thanks to great partners like the Baton Rouge Clinic and other sponsors, our effort has really made a difference in the lives of those in need.
Over 27 years ago when Pat Shingleton first envisioned the Fill a Prescription for the Needy effort, he thought the Lenten season would be the best time to focus on this important community need since Lent is a time of almsgiving, a time when we think of the less fortunate who need our help. The purpose of this campaign is to improve quality of life and, in many instances, save the lives of patients who can’t afford the prescription medicines they need. Last year, we filled prescriptions worth almost $700,000, but those figures represent much more than the number and value of medicines provided. One statistic that is impossible to determine is the number of lives that have been saved.
When someone loses their job or insurance, what do they do? Where can they turn? People come to us in desperate need, and we are here for them. They are not looking for a hand-out, but desperately needed medicine. Thanks to the Fill a Prescription for the Needy campaign, we were able to provide the medicine they need. Help us to assist more people in need of their life-sustaining medicine by making a gift online HERE, at a participating pharmacy in our area, or at the Baton Rouge Clinic. About $28.00 will fill a prescription and make a real difference in someone’s life.