Meet the Staff: Jan Wieser, MediAppS Coordinator
Jan grew up as the youngest of five in the village of Pickwick, just 10 miles south of Winona, and has a B.S. in Public Administration, Health Education, and a minor in Gerontology from Winona State University. She prefers to be on the 'front line' providing one-on-one service [...]
MediAppS Program still helping people get their medications after 20 years
“We just lived too long.” Rita* and her husband were in their 80s when she called Catholic Charities of Southern Minnesota for help. They could no longer afford to pay the high cost of Eliquis, a blood thinner, and the inhalers her doctor said she needed to survive. “We [...]
MediAppS Program helps alleviate some tough decisions
By Christi Reynard (WINONA) Imagine choosing between your mental health and breathing. It sounds like something out of a fantasy novel or a TV show. A tyrannical sorcerer appears before a hero, putting before them a terrible choice: sacrifice their mental health, or their ability to breathe. Some people [...]
Catholic Charities wins $5K Best Life Community Award
Catholic Charities of Southern Minnesota is the winner of a $5,000 Community Assistance Award through Altra Federal Credit Union’s annual Best Life Community Awards. That money will go to help Catholic Charities programs like MediAppS, which helps people with low incomes enroll in programs to get prescription medications [...]