Point Breeze Credit Union announced that it has donated $10,000 each to six local hospitals in the greater Baltimore region totaling $60,000.

“We are honored to support our local healthcare professionals and the heroic efforts they perform on a daily basis," said Point Breeze Credit Union's President and Chief Executive Officer, Tonia Niedzialkowski. " At Point Breeze we are committed to giving back and fulfilling our mission to strengthen the communities where we live and work.”

The donations were given to hospitals that serve communities in which Point Breeze Credit Union has office locations. Point Breeze currently has more than 62,000 members, served by offices in Hunt Valley, Rosedale, Westminster, Owings Mills, and Bel Air.

The six hospitals that received donations from Point Breeze Credit Union include:

• University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health - Bel Air, MD

• MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center - Baltimore, MD

• Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital - Baltimore, MD

• University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center - Towson, MD

• Carroll Hospital - Westminster, MD • Northwest Hospital - Owings Mills, MD

These donations will go towards each hospital’s specific needs and continued efforts to support healthcare workers and staff members in 2023. For example, a portion of Point Breeze’s donation to University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center will support their Employee Resilience Fund, which aids the emergent emotional, psychological and spiritual needs of dedicated team members. At MedStar Franklin Square, Point Breeze’s gift will support their ongoing Wellness Carts initiative, where carts regularly make rounds on each unit to provide immediate stress aids to staff. During a check presentation with staff at Carroll Hospital, Point Breeze Westminster Office Manager Jamie Sykes was able to hear first-hand from hospital CEO, Garrett Hoover, about how gifts to the community hospital center “help fund specialized equipment and supplies, compassionate support for our caregivers and the ability to flexibly respond to new developments in diagnosis, treatment and prevention.”