World Medical Relief is awarded grant from Metro Health Foundation

Detroit, MI - January 30, 2009 - The Metro Health Foundation has awarded a $15,000 grant to World Medical Relief's Prescription Assistance Program. The Program offers prescription medication assistance to eligible low-income people ages 18 and older, living in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties.

"Since 1989, Metro Health Foundation has been our partner in the community, promoting the health and well-being of some of our most vulnerable people," said World Medical Relief President & CEO Rita Montgomery Grezlik. During 2007, World Medical Relief provided over 21,000 prescriptions to low-income people in the tri-county area.

Established in 1953, World Medical Relief is a multi-funded, non-profit charitable organization that collects medical equipment, medical supplies, and medicines and distributes them to medically-underserved people both locally and abroad. For more information, call (313) 866-5333.

Metro Health Foundation, established in 1986, is a private Detroit-based grant-making foundation supporting Michigan organizations in health care and related fields.