Rising Suns Non-Profit Pharmacy

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Rising Suns Non-Profit Pharmacy is designed to help ease medication costs for people of Southeast Ohio who are underinsured or uninsured. Thank you!

We do not accept insurance and require insurance and income information to determine eligibility. We are a non - profit pharmacy that helps to manage medications for people in our community that are uninsured and underinsured. We are operating with minimal staffing and volunteers as we are a grant based organization. We understand that medications are expensive. We ask that if you are interested in eligibility, please be prepared to provide us with monthly/yearly income, the list of medications you are taking, your insurance status, and current cost of your medications (pharmacy receipts recommended), and potentially more information as needed to fill medications with us. Also, we are a repository pharmacy. This means we accept medication donations mostly from long term care facilities. We have other places that help supply medications including us purchasing medications. We do not carry every medication. We do not carry narcotics, controlled medications or gabapentin. We do not carry specialty medications. You are welcome to review our formulary page on our website (www.risingsunspharmacy.org) or you or you provider may call to find out if we have medication availability. We love serving our community. We sincerely appreciate your support and understanding and we hope to continue building our services! HOURS OF OPERATION:

MONDAYS 1 - 5

WEDNESDAYS 1 - 5

FRIDAYS 10 - 3

We offer delivery services on most Tuesdays and Thursdays. If you are not able to get to us, we will get your meds to you! (Thanks to our volunteer delivery dude, Dan!)

You may call the pharmacy at 740-447-5025 with inquiries or to make an appointment. Please leave us a detailed message with your request so we can get back to you. We are currently operating on volunteer only staffing and it may take several days to get back to you. We apologize sincerely for this inconvenience and will do our best to address all questions.

**Rising Suns Pharmacy does not obtain, carry, or dispense narcotic or controlled medications**

Our location: 16 West Green Drive, Grosvenor Hall Room 078, Athens, OH 45701

If you are interested in donating, please follow this link. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ERPYYYP6CBV64

10/13/2026

Hi Rising Suns followers. I know many of you are already aware that Rising Suns Pharmacy prescriptions and services have been transferred to Hopewell Health Centers Pharmacy in The Plains, Ohio. We closed business as of July 31st, 2026. Hopewell has worked so diligently to develop this program within their pharmacy to assist the uninsured and underinsured. FYI - people do not need to be a patient of Hopewell to utilize their pharmacy services (excluding the 340B pricing). We of Rising Suns appreciate Hopewell's efforts and quick turnaround to take on our patients and services.

The transition has been difficult for me, personally, and I sincerely appreciate everyone's patience and grace as we moved though this. As the wake has calmed, I would like to say, from the bottom of my heart and giant THANK YOU. THANK YOU to SO MANY... thank you to the the Rising Suns Pharmacy Board members, the Rising Suns Pharmacy med student board members, Sisters Health Foundation, Athens County Commissioners, Athens City-County Health Department, Athens County Foundation, Charitable Healthcare Network, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine student volunteers, Grace Clinics in Wellston, Ohio, Jackson County Health Department, to our continuous individual funders, our patients and their donations: monetary or treats or gifts, to our community, to the art donations for the galas over the past few years, those who attended and donated so generously at the galas, the efforts of individuals to raise money for the pharmacy, those who have worked at Rising Suns and given of themselves for our patients and community, and our friends and our families for support. I am guessing I have missed some specific folks and please know we are grateful!!

Over the past 5 years, Rising Suns Pharmacy directly served over 2,000 people across 10 counties in SE Ohio. The pharmacy saved millions of dollars in medication costs.

It was a pleasure serving our community over the past five years. It filled my soul. I enjoyed getting to know so many of our community members and I am grateful for our community.

07/22/2026

We are officially out of Eliquis 5mg and 2.5mg through our closing. We recommend (1) contacting Hopewell Health Centers (740)677-8010 as they are able to bill insurance. This will not be free at this time. (2) contact your provider to discuss options. Thank you for your understanding!

07/20/2026

We will be open from 9AM - 12:30PM this coming Friday, July 24, 2026!

07/10/2026

It is with heavy hearts and excitement for the next chapter that Rising Suns is announcing that we are closing on July 31st. We are working closely with Hopewell Health Centers to combine their operational pharmacy with our drug repository to continue our mission and vision of providing access to essential medication to those who are uninsured or underinsured. We have been in operation for 5 years due to the volunteer efforts of our executive director, Sarah Adkins, and are so proud of the work we have done to support our community. We are thankful for Hopewell to offer their operational expertise and provide a more sustainable service for the community.

The last day the pharmacy is open is July 31st and we close at 3pm.

Prescription records will be sent to Hopewell in The Plains, their phone is 740-677-8010

Address: 25 S. Clinton St.
The Plains, OH 45780

If you would like your prescriptions sent to a different pharmacy, please call them to have them transferred

The last day to call to transfer prescriptions to a pharmacy other than Hopewell will be Monday, July 27th

06/29/2026

We will be closed FRIDAY, JULY 3rd in honor of the 4th of July.

06/03/2026

***We will be CLOSED on MONDAY, JUNE 8th due to lack in staffing. We will reopen on Wednesday, June 10th from 1 - 5 pm. ***

05/22/2026

Rising Suns will be CLOSED on MONDAY MAY 25th in honor of Memorial Day. Thank you!

04/27/2026

Rising Suns is truly a nonprofit by the community, for the community, and we are so appreciative of the community members and businesses that donated to our silent auction:

Jen Blackburn Travel

Pleasant Hill Winery

Fairfield by Marriott Inn & Suites

Kiser’s BBQ

Little Wings Relief Curiosity Shoppe

Appalachian Wildflower

Fox Designs Jewelry

Happy Snacking Athens

Athens Frameworks

Nadine’s Nook

Keith Weston Knives

Dr. Sparkle

Athens Library Knitting Guild

Amy Drayer

Deb Meyer

Mrs. White

Ben Siegel

Carol Dawson

Stephanie Schmidt

Isabel Graziane

Chris Mercerhill

Tom Lammert

Katy Kropf

04/27/2026

We are so grateful for the incredible support at this year’s Rising Suns Gala 💛.

Because of these partners, we can continue providing medications and care to our neighbors across Southeast Ohio.

Thank you to the following organizations and individuals for their sponsorship of our fundraising event:

Platinum Sponsors:

Carl Ortman, Do

OhioHealth

OU Credit Union

The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy

Gold Sponsors:

Shriver’s Pharmacy

Athens County Foundation

Brooke McDonough at PlumTree Realty

Solstice Design Studio

Silver Sponsors:

Carpet One Floors and More

Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine

Quality Windows

04/20/2026

Eat yummy food and support Rising Suns Pharmacy at the same time! 🌯🌮💜

Address

Athens, OH
45701

Website

http://www.risingsunspharmacy.org/

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