Empowering Healthy Lives
Good health is essential for individual success and a thriving community. Healthy kids are more likely to succeed in school. Healthy adults are more productive at work. The whole community will flourish when all our residents have access to safe physical activity, healthy foods and quality health care.
WHAT WE DO
Access to Health Care
*Create access to medical and dental care
*Receive needed prescriptions
*Provide glasses, hearing aids, and assistive devices
Healthy Living
*Create healthy eating and physical activities
*Develop healthy habits and lifestyles
*Provide a safe home and community
HOW WE DO IT
United Way of Northwest Louisiana’s Health Programs
Sights and Sounds Program provides financial assistance to children in schools who have been identified as needing an eyeglass exam and/or prescription glasses or hearing exam and/or hearing aids.
FamilyWize Prescription Assistance Program saves up to 75% on prescriptions for anyone in the 10 parishes who register. NWLA residents saved $172,629 in 2016.
Funded Nonprofit Organizations
Louisiana Association for the Blind
1750 Claiborne Avenue
Shreveport, LA 71103
318-635-6471
Louisiana Association on Compulsive Gambling
324 Texas Street
Shreveport, LA 71101
318-674-9756
Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana
2031 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71103
318-716-4100
David Raines Community Health Centers
3041 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Shreveport, LA 71107
318-227-3350
Martin Luther King Health Center & Pharmacy
865 Olive Street
Shreveport, LA 71104
318-227-2912
Northwest Louisiana Interfaith Pharmacy
909 Olive Street
Shreveport, LA 71104
318-425-3553
Shreveport Bossier Rescue Mission
P.O. Box 3949
Shreveport, LA 71133-3949
318-227-2868
Shreveport Green
3625 Southern Ave.
Shreveport, LA 71106
318-219-1888
St. Luke's Episcopal Mobile Medical Ministry
PO Box 53074
Shreveport, LA 71135
318-423-8556
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
2015 Fairfield Avenue, Suite 2C
Shreveport, LA 71104
318-220-7050