UM Shore Regional Health Hosts Service Challenge

            

UM Shore Regional Health Hosts Service Challenge

EASTON, Md. (March 13, 2026) – University of Maryland Shore Regional Health (UM SRH), a member organization of the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), hosted a service challenge for team members from mid-January through February in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. UM SRH teams were invited to participate in any service event benefiting our local communities.

“We are deeply grateful to team members and departments for participating in the challenge,” said Katie Halen, VP Human Resources, Shore Regional Health. “Caring for others is more than our profession - it is our responsibility to build healthier, stronger communities.”

Eight departments, along with senior leadership, participated through fundraising and donations to local non-profits:

§ Birthing Center – collected baby supplies for families in need through their Dreaming Big for Babies campaign. The team collected diapers, wipes, clothing, car seats, portable cribs, blankets and bath supplies!

§ Chestertown Surgical Services – participated in a collection of animal shelter supplies for the Kent County Humane Society.

§ Easton Emergency Department – promoted and participated in Talbot County Empty Bowls, raising money for local food pantries.

§ Inpatient Behavioral Health – hosted a clothing drive to benefit the unit’s donation closet, which is used to provide appropriate clothing that is lacking at the time of discharge.

§ Patient Access – donated items needed by young moms to Young Life.

§ Rehabilitative Services – collected and donated supplies for the Talbot County Senior Supply Drive.

§ Senior Leadership – collected and donated approximately 40 coats to Neighborhood Service House.

§ SMG Cardiology - provided clothing and hygiene items for shelter residents at Talbot County Interfaith Shelter

§ HR/Employee Health –created and distributed to local resources over 100 Blessing (Hygiene) Bags for the homeless.
 

Through a random drawing, the Birthing Center and Chestertown Surgical Services will both enjoy a free, catered lunch for team members.

Cutlines:

Birthing Center team members with their collection of donated baby supplies for the Dreaming Big for Babies campaign. (Birthing center.jpg)

The Chestertown Surgical Services team collected donations for the Kent County Humane Society (Chestertown Surgical Services.jpeg)

The UM SRH Senior Leadership team with their collection of coats for the Neighborhood Service Center (Senior leadership.jpg)

About University of Maryland Shore Regional Health

A member organization of the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), University of Maryland Shore Regional Health (UM SRH) is the principal provider of comprehensive health care services for more than 170,000 residents of five counties on Maryland’s Eastern Shore: Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot. UM SRH consists of approximately 2,000 team members, including more than 600 health care providers on the Medical Staff, who work with community partners to advance the values that are foundational to our mission: Compassion, Discovery, Excellence, Diversity and Integrity. For more information, visit https://www.umms.org/shore.

About the University of Maryland Medical System

The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state’s future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System’s anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org.