Press release from NC MedAssist:
NC MedAssist will host a local Mobile Free Pharmacy Event sponsored by Vaya Health on Friday, May 5, 2023, from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm at Arthur R. Edington Education and Career Center | 133 Livingston St | Asheville | NC | 28801. This free medicine giveaway is open to individuals 18 and older and families needing over-the-counter (OTC) medication items. No identification is required, and there are no income restrictions. Everyone is qualified.
Attendees will be able to learn more about NC MedAssist’s free prescription pharmacy program and receive free OTC items such as cough and cold medicine, vitamins, children’s, allergy medication, and first aid supplies. Additionally, the Buncombe County Health Department will offer COVID, Flu, Tetanus, Shingles, Monkeypox, and Hepatitis A and B vaccinations, and Mission Hospital will be handing out Stroke prevention information. The event will take place rain or shine, and all OTC items will be given first-come, first-serve while supplies last.
Volunteers are needed! Please visit https://medassist.org/volunteer/, scroll down, click on the “Buncombe County Mobile Free Pharmacy-5/2023” tab, and sign up for a timeframe that best suits your schedule.
Last year, NC MedAssist held 53 Mobile Free Pharmacy events across North Carolina. For each event, NC MedAssist is committed to bringing enough OTC medicine for 1,000 people in need. NC MedAssist’s overall goal is to help ease the burden of those in need by aiding people who have been forced to decide between buying food and purchasing life-saving medication.
Vaya Health is a specialty managed care organization that oversees publicly funded behavioral health and intellectual/developmental disability services across a 31-county region of North Carolina. Vaya manages Medicaid, federal, state, and local funding to meet member and community needs while advancing whole person health. Together with their members, provider network, and local partners, they are moving forward to a healthier North Carolina. Access to crisis assistance is available 24/7 at 1-800-849-6127. Learn more at vayahealth.com.
NC MedAssist, founded in 1997 and the only statewide non-profit pharmacy in North Carolina, offers four programs to improve the health and well-being of children and adults: The Free Pharmacy Program (for prescription medication), the Mobile Free Pharmacy Program (for over-the-counter medicine), the OTC Free Store (for over-the-counter medicine and durable medical supplies), and the Transitional Jobs Program (for individuals with barriers to employment). Last year, NC MedAssist distributed $65 million worth of prescription and over-the-counter medicine to NC residents across the state. Learn more about NC MedAssist right now at www.medassist.org.
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