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
​Dorcas Ministries
​NeighborHealth Center
UNC School of Nursing Mobile Health Unit
Urban Ministries of Wake County
Urban Ministries Open Door Clinic
Pharmacy Network Members:
      Ashworth Pharmacy
      Hayes Barton Pharmacy​     
      ​Josefs Pharmacy
      Morgan Street Pharmacy
      Person Street Pharmacy
      PSP Pharmacy
      Raleigh Pharmacy
City of Raleigh

Our Faith Partners
Christ Church
First Baptist Church of Raleigh
First Presbyterian Church of Raleigh
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
​St. Ambrose Episcopal Church
St. Michaels Episcopal Church
​White Memorial Presbyterian Church
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Board of Directors

Bob Usry
President
Diane Lahti
Vice President
​W. Marc Gilfillan, CPA
Treasurer
​Nancy Board
Financial Secretary

Gale Nichols, RN
Corresponding Secretary

Pat Long
​Recording Secretary
Jim Allen, MD, MPH
​​Leslie Brown, JD, MPH
Glenn M. Davis, MD​
Barbara Johnson, RPh, MS
Pansy Y. Morton
J. Ward Purrington, JD
Brent Talley, PharmD

Ann Cooper Thomas
Executive Director
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Emeritus Board
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Jean Campbell Beal
​Myra Brickell, RPh
Mary Jane Bryant
​Sandy Hattaway, MD
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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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