MASSENA – SeaComm recently committed $150,000 worth of donation between six regional hospital foundations across northern New York and Vermont.

The funds will assist in delivering quality care to local residents, while helping to purchase essential medical supplies and support frontline healthcare workers amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a press release from SeaComm said.

The credit union has branches in Massena, Potsdam, Malone, Canton, Ogdensburg and Plattsburgh, as well as South Burlington, Vt.

“The SeaComm Board of Directors is pleased to support our North Country hospitals and their respective foundations with this significant donation,” states SeaComm Board Chairman Myron Burns. “Each $25,000 donation deservingly supports the health care needs of the communities in which we do business.”

The donations will be given to hospitals that serve communities in which SeaComm has retail branch locations, including Canton-Potsdam Hospital Foundation, Potsdam; Massena Hospital Foundation, Massena; Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center Foundation, Ogdensburg; Alice Hyde Medical Center Foundation, Malone; CVPH Foundation, Plattsburgh; and UVM Foundation, Burlington, VT.

“This is a concrete way for us to partner with them in their overall efforts of making our communities healthier and safer, especially during this most unprecedented time,” Burns adds.

SeaComm is a member owned financial cooperative based in Massena, with more than 49,880 members and assets exceeding $660 million.