Penn Hills’ Lost and Found Pharmacy has found a new home.
The nonprofit has felt right at home at 5745 Saltsburg Road since its move on Nov. 22.
Shannon Parsons, one of the pharmacy’s founders and pharmacists, said the move was a group effort.
“It was amazing,” Parsons said.
The pharmacy’s 10-year lease was up, and the place was unable to stop its service to move over an elongated period of time without the risk of violating state law, she said.
She said volunteers came to the pharamcy and helped transport everything to the new location, including the pharmacy’s 102-year-old soda fountain. The historic attraction has attracted visitors separate from the pharmacy.
The fountain hasn’t been set up in the new place yet because the building’s plumbing needs to be reworked, Parsons said.
“We’re expecting it to reopen next month,” she said Feb. 3.
Parsons said the pharmacy decided to move to create a more solidified future for the next generation to take the nonprofit over. Rather than renew a lease, they decided to buy a new space to have complete control over the property.
“We wanted it to be stable for the next generation,” Parsons said.
The pharmacy found the perfect spot along Saltsburg Road: the former office of Kaur Dental of Verona.
According to the Allegheny County Real Estate portal, the property sold for $425,000.
The nonprofit offers a few programs to its clients, including a financial aid program providing up to $100 of financial assistance on each prescription for those without insurance. The pharmacy also is partnered with the Sheep Inc. Health Care Center, a faith-based clinic with a location along Frankstown Road in Penn Hills that provides various health care services to people without insurance.
The pharmacy provides financial assistance to those in the Medicare Gap, works with the uninsured from the Sheep Clinic and offers a low-cost medication list. Its newest program is an Essential Pharmacy plan.
Lost and Found has two pharmacists and six technicians. Since opening in 2015, it has served more than 5,500 people through the pharmacy.
