Daughters of Wisdom Award $7,500 Mission Grant to RotaCare, Inc.

For over thirty years, RotaCare has provided free primary healthcare and medications to the uninsured, underserved, immigrants, and marginalized residents of Nassau County and the surrounding communities on Long Island, NY. A dedicated group of over 125 rotating volunteer medical professionals and lay staff delivers this care.

RotaCare will use grant money to support adult patients with diabetes and hypertension. The grant money will help with the ongoing need to purchase medications and medical supplies to continue the care of people with these chronic conditions.

Over the past year and a half, due to COVID, RotaCare and their patients faced multiple challenges, especially with the fear of contracting COVID. However, access to medical care and medications continued through the pandemic lockdown all while maintaining a safe environment for patients and staff. When the time was right, they transitioned back to seeing patients in person.

Grant Coordinator Blanche Puglisi of RotaCare says, "By continuing to provide medical care and medications, we endeavor to keep our patients healthy, while staving off the complications of untreated chronic disease, without the using emergency rooms for primary care."

Sr. Catherine Sheehan, DW, endorsed this program.

Once they are seen by a practitioner, RotaCare Pharmacist Michael Ercolano, provides medications and instructions to patients as translators Betty Stetson and Jose Solis stand by to assist in answering any questions they may have.