ABOUT US

We strive to create a healthier community by providing healthcare for uninsured and under-insured people. We are here for anyone in need of the services we provide. Clinic days are 10am-1pm the first Tuesday of every month.
3:30-7pm all other Tuesdays, except holidays.

At the Rice Lake Area Free Clinic we strive to ​create a healthier community by providing healthcare for uninsured & underinsured people. To date, we have helped over 1900 individuals directly and many more indirectly. 
​In 2023, we have had 68+ volunteers providing around 3,200 volunteer hours. 

Our Clinic Director

Melissa Price
is a 2001 BSN graduate and a 2006 MSN graduate, both from Edgewood College in Madison WI. She has a rich clinical background including: inpatient medical nursing, Kidney Clinic CNS, Labor/Delivery/Postpartum care, home health, and primary care. She is passionate about health care and wants everyone to be able to access affordable health care in a timely fashion. She also teaches occasional wild edible plant classes independently or with her husband Sam Thayer. Her hobbies include: Gardening, quilting, gathering wild plants to eat, walking/hiking. She also has three children: Myrica 14, Joshua 12, and Rebekah 7.

Rice Lake Area Free Clinic Accomplishments and Annual Report 2024 

  1. Patient visits were 826 with 204 new patients and 340 unique individuals.
  2. ​Patients came to us from the following general agreas:
    1. ​Barron County- 83%
    2. Washburn County- 5%
    3. Rusk County- 4%
    4. Polk County- 3%
    5. Sawyer County- 1.5%
    6. Others Combined: 3.5%