October 26, 2011
From the Health & Wholeness Ministry
As your Parish Nurse, I am excited to share with the St. Aloysius Parish and Community health initiatives which are and will continue to assist those who are uninsured or underinsured, especially our homeless brothers and sisters. The Downtown Detroit Circle of Care (DDCC) is a collaboration of The Interfaith Health & Hope Coalition and four faith based communities in Downtown Detroit, namely, St. Aloysius, Central United Methodist, Fort Street Presbyterian, and Second Baptist. The DDCC, of which Michael Carsten, S.F.O. and I are working members, over the past two years, has worked together to “build upon” existing outreach programs in Downtown Detroit through a form of “medication intervention.” Through a grant from Metro Health Foundation and in collaboration with Griswold Pharmacy, over this past year, a client who has come to the health professional at one of the faith communities mentioned above with a prescription and has no health insurance can have the prescription filled at Griswold Pharmacy. In addition, as of this October 2011, DDCC has received a grant from Metro Solutions to expand our efforts in assisting our brothers and sisters with basic eye exams and eye glasses. Distribution of those funds will begin in 2012. If you are in need of health assistance or you know someone who is, please ask them to call me. My phone number is 313.309.1265.
God’s continued peace,
Kathleen Ruth, MSN, RN
Parish Nurse
