Astoria Federal Savings Supports Winthrop-University Hospital’s Child Life Program
(Lake Success, NY) Astoria Federal Savings recently presented Winthrop-University Hospital with an annual grant for its Child Life Program, to help children better cope with the fear and anxiety associated with hospitalization. Winthrop’s certified child life specialists at the center utilize therapeutic play, arts, crafts, entertainment and playful education to ensure that the hospital experience is as stress-free as possible for children and their families.
Pictured during a recent visit to the Winthrop-University Hospital’s Child Life Program is (L to R) Winthrop-University Hospital’s Department of Pediatrics Chairman Warren Rosenfeld, M.D., Astoria Federal Savings Garden City Branch Manager and Vice President, Banking Division Patricia Donnelly, Winthrop-University Hospital’s Director of Development Lynn Drucker, Director of the Child Life Program and Certified Child Life Specialist Nicole Almeida and young patient Bryan (center).
Astoria Federal Savings helps strengthen the communities it serves by providing financial support to hundreds of not-for-profit organizations, including those dedicated to the health and welfare of children and people of all ages.
Astoria Financial Corporation (NYSE: AF), with assets of $16.5 billion, is the holding company for Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association. Established in 1888, Astoria Federal, with deposits in New York totaling $10.4 billion, is the largest thrift depository in New York and embraces its philosophy of “Putting people first” by providing the customers and local communities it serves with quality financial products and services through 85 convenient banking office locations and multiple delivery channels, including its enhanced website, www.astoriafederal.com. Astoria Federal commands the fourth largest deposit market share in the attractive Long Island market, which includes Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties with a population exceeding that of 38 individual states. Astoria Federal originates residential mortgage loans through its banking and loan production offices in New York, a broker network in four states, primarily along the East Coast, and through correspondent relationships covering nine states and the District of Columbia. Astoria Federal also originates multi-family and commercial real estate loans, primarily on rent controlled and rent stabilized apartment buildings, located in New York City and the metropolitan area.
