Media Contact: Roxanne Wells
United Way of St. Lucie County
Tel. 772-464-5300
Email: roxanne.wells@unitedwayslc.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
United Way Has Prescription for Immediate Savings!
Fort Pierce, FL, December 12, 2014 –United Way of St. Lucie County and FamilyWize
announce savings of 3,000,000 in everyday prescription costs for local residents.
The people living and working in St. Lucie County have saved more than three million dollars on
everyday prescription costs, thanks to the United Way and FamilyWize partnership. The free
FamilyWize drug savings card is distributed by United Way of St. Lucie County. “No one should
be forced to choose between paying for food, rent or medicine because of the high cost of
prescriptions. That’s why we’ve partnered with FamilyWize to distribute free prescription
savings cards to everyone in St, Lucie County”, said Karen Knapp, CEO and President of
United Way of St. Lucie County.”
Distributed through United Ways, the FamilyWize card lowers the cost of medicine by an
average of 40% or more for people without insurance or who take medications not covered by
their plan. It’s easy. You can keep using your card every time you need to fill a prescription. All
you have to do is present a FamilyWize card at a local pharmacy to receive the savings.
“The FamilyWize card provides immediate savings on prescription medicines with no paperwork
or forms to fill out,” said Susan Gilmore, Executive Director of Community Engagement for The
FamilyWize Community Service Partnership.
The FamilyWize card is for everyone without insurance or for medicines not covered by
insurance.
The FamilyWize card is easy to use:

The card is free

For immediate and unlimited use

Anyone can use the FamilyWize card

No registration or activation required

Discounts applied automatically
United Ways in all 50 states have helped to save more than $700 million on prescriptions in their
communities.
FamilyWize cards can be found locally at the United Way office located at 4800 South U.S
Highway 1 in Fort Pierce. People with internet access can go to www.unitedwayslc.org or to
www.FamilyWize.org/rx to print a card, request a card to be mailed or download the mobile app.
There are also wonderful resources on the website such as the drug pricing look up tool and the
pharmacy finder.
ABOUT THE FAMILYWIZE PARTNERSHIP
Almost every family in the United States today faces health or financial challenges. FamilyWize
provides prescription assistance and information to help everyone be healthy, physically and
financially. In the spring of 2005, Dan and Susan Barnes heard of families in the Lehigh Valley
area who were having difficulty buying the medicine they needed because of the high cost of
prescription drugs. They responded by distributing a free prescription drug savings card through
family and health centers in the schools in Bethlehem. The family centers were supported by the
United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley who then asked 25 of its partner agencies to help
distribute the cards to individuals and families in need throughout the area. Almost immediately,
Dan and Susan received requests from other United Ways to provide this free assistance in other
communities. As a result, they established the FamilyWize Community Service Partnership by
inviting a group of local and national companies to join together to provide this free assistance.
Currently almost 1000 participating United Ways in all 50 states coordinate the local distribution
of the free FamilyWize prescription drug savings cards. Over $700 million in savings has been
realized from the use of FamilyWize prescription drug discount cards, and a new goal was
established to reach $1 billion in savings by the end of 2015. For more information , visit
www.FamilyWize.org.
United Way of St. Lucie County raises funds and leverages resources to have real, measurable,
impact on our community in the areas of education, income and health.
For more information on United Way of St. Lucie County, please call 772-464-5300 or visit our
website www.unitedwayslc.org .
###