It's easy to feel despair at the daily bombardment of economic bad news.  Of course, we all feel compassion for those who are struggling, those who have lost their jobs and, with those jobs, their health insurance coverage.  But, when the bad news just doesn't stop coming, it's too easy to convince ourselves that there's no way we can possibly make a difference. 

The truth is you CAN make a difference.  Join North Coast Health Ministry's Project Lend-A-Hand today to "sponsor" one or more of our uninsured neighbors in need with a portion of the cost of their medical care at one of the following levels:

Neighbor Level:  Your contribution of $70 pays for a chronic care physician visit for one patient.

Friend Level:  Your contribution of $140 pays for a physician visit and follow-up appointment for one patient.

Family Level:  Your contribution of $250 pays for a month's supply of glucose test strips for 25 diabetic patients.

Over 80 percent of North Coast Health Ministry's low-income uninsured patients have a chronic medical condition such as diabetes, hypertension or heart disease.  A lapse in their care or medication can have dire consequences. 

Any of us who have experienced a difficult time in our lives know how impactful a small--or large--gesture of help from someone who cares can be.  Those who have been there know that such help--from family, from friends, from the community--can mean the difference between keeping one's head above water...or sinking. The difference between hope and hopelessness.  For an individual with a chronic disease and no way to pay for care, the difference can literally be that between life and death.

Click on one of the options below to join Project Lend-a-Hand and make a difference in the life of a North Coast Health Ministry patient today.