FIGS OF WAKE COUNTY, INC. PROVIDING PRESCRIPTION DRUG ASSISTANCE
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Our History

Filling in Gaps, FIGS, was established in 1982 by a group of Wake County residents, healthcare professionals, and churches to address a serious social problem: the need for prescription medicines for low-income people.  

The group was led by
the Reverend Lex Mathews who was the Director of Christian Social Ministries for the Episcopal Diocese of NC from 1975 to 1985.  Reverend Mathews and Ward Purrington met with the NC Department of Social Services to identify the greatest unmet social need in Raleigh:  affordable prescription medicine. They were successful in launching FIGS with the support of founding church, Christ Church of Raleigh, with a grant from the Episcopal Diocese.

The organization continues to grow with the help of professional organizations, community leadership, and church support.  $2.8 million of prescription medicine has been purchased for more than 200,000 Wake County residents since 1982.

Our Partners

Alliance Medical Ministry
Urban Ministries of Wake County
City of Raleigh
Pharmacy Network Members:
      Josefs Pharmacy
      Morgan Street Pharmacy
      Person Street Pharmacy
      PSP Pharmacy
      Raleigh Pharmacy

Board of Directors

Myra Brickell, RPh
President
Bob Usry
Vice President
Jim Allen, MD, MPH
Treasurer
​Sandy Hattaway, MD
Assistant Treasurer
Ellen K. Blair, MD
Recording Secretary
Margaret Morton
Corresponding Secretary
Bill Burlington
​W. Marc Gilfillan, CPA
Phyllis A. Gray, MPH
Barbara H. Johnson, RPh
Dixon McKay, MD
Pansy Y. Morton
Nicholas Rhyne
Ann Cooper Thomas



Emeritus Board
Jean Campbell Beal
Mary Jane Bryant

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FIGS of Wake County, Inc. is a registered 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization.
Tax ID# 58-1474642
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