Financial Assistance: We at RESCU are here
to help. Financial assistance for your emergency medical
needs is available to you and your dependents if you have or have had a participant pass to a festival. Please fill
out an Financial Aid Request Form and submit it, along with ALL PERTINENT
MEDICAL BILLS, as per the instructions on the aid for. Faxing or mailing this information promply allows us to act quickly on your behalf. The Financial Aid Request
Form is available from the above section on this website
or from a RESCU representative at your faire.
Advocacy: We have volunteers who can work one-on-one
with you to make certain that the billing aspect of you medical dilemma is less daunting.
Out goal is to allow patients to concentrate on a healthy recovery without the stress of the complicated medical billing.
An Advocate will, with your written consent, contact
doctors and hospitals on your behalf to help negotiate down
your bills. Simply complete the Advocacy Consent portion of the Financial Aid Request Form and send it with the rest of your information.
The Financial Aid Request Form is available from the above section on this website or from a RESCU representative at your faire.
REMEMBER TO KEEP A COPY FOR YOUR FILES.
If you need help from RESCU, download our aid request form.
RESCU Programs
ADVOCATE PROGRAM - our opportunity to help
those that face astronomical medical bills. With just
a few volunteers using their negotiating skills, to date, RESCU advocates have
reduced over $1.2 MILLION DOLLARS worth of medical bills from out community! Please
consider becoming a RESCU ADVOCATE VOLUNTEER.
COUNSELING PROGRAM - for emotional needs
RESCU Foundation recognizes that sometimes with illness
comes emotional trauma. We have available a PhD counselor
to help with adjusting to such difficulties. For more information, please contact us at:
DISBURSEMENT PROGRAM - is designed for immediate
effectiveness. Once RESCU receives a COMPLETED aid request from, a panel of no less than four trusted members
evaluate whether funds are better used to assist in advocacy or as direct financial aid. Each case is weighed
by severity of condition, urgency of need, depth in community, and other factors from the aid form. Although
we try to assist as much as possible, our funding does not allow us to cover every medical bill submitted.
Some clients do receive numerous disbursements, but the majority of the cases are one time assistance.
The disbursement committee meets bi-monthly, allowing for response and action to occur within 30 days.
FIRST AID / CPR PROGRAM – We are proud to have brought to our community the American Heart Association
training program. Our first class at the Florida Renaissance Festival in 2007, was led by David Epley in cooperation
with the Miami Township Fire/Rescue. Since then, 48 people have been certified or re-certified in First Aid and
both Adult and Child CPR through the effort of bringing the training to the fairesite. The higher the percentage of
trained responders in a community, the greater the chance of survival of a person in an emergency situation. We want
to continue our training, but need your help.
We are looking for local partnerships to expand this program, if you have First Aid / CPR training or know of an
existing program near one of the Faires/Festivals, please contact us at:
Joy Program - Teaches our children about the joy of
charitable giving and healthy living. For more
information about the Joy Program, please contact us at:
RESCU is growing
every single year with your support. While we are striving
to be able to financially assist our community as much as
we possible can, we are not financially capable of completely
relieving someone’s medical debt. As part of our
Advocacy Program, and with thanks
to the many non profit organizations and knowledgeable professionals
who have helped train and guide us, we have discovered a
wealth of other resources that
may be able to help you even further beyond what RESCU has
to offer.
