Each year for more than a decade, employees at Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point in Hudson, Fla. have conducted a "Family Christmas Baskets" event.
Local schools provide the hospital with the names of families who are not fortunate enough to celebrate the Christmas holiday due to financial hardship. This year, employees at Bayonet Point adopted 78 families and provided them with gifts including gift certificates to purchase a Christmas meal for each household.
CEO Steve Rector said, "Our entire cafeteria is filled with the humbling charitable giving that has resulted from the volunteer efforts of our employees. We estimate that our staff has donated more than $20,000 to this event. It is incredible and we are blessed! Also, this year the medical staff allocated an additional $3,000 to help more families so we were able to add another 'basket day' providing Christmas for an additional 10 families. I can't say enough about our team and their incredible giving spirit. Happy Holidays!"
