In February 2017, 13-year-old Charlotte Olson donated more than 1,300 books to Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper’s outpatient office in Voorhees for the Reach Out and Read program at Cooper. On September 7, Charlotte made a return visit to the office with a donation of several hundred more books toward her goal of collecting an additional 2,000 for the program.
The West Berlin adolescent was crowned Miss New Jersey Pre-Teen Cover Girl 2017 in part for her community service efforts, which included the ongoing book drive to benefit patients at Cooper.
“The book drive made me feel good about helping others,” Charlotte said. “I wanted to do more.”
“We appreciate Charlotte’s efforts on behalf of all of the children we see in our offices at Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper,” said pediatrician M. Jawaad Hussain, MD, FAAP, who worked with the Olson family to coordinate the donation. “Reading skills are an important part of child development. These books help us to encourage children to have a love of reading early in life, which will benefit them their entire lives.”
Charlotte Olson (center) once again collected books to benefit young patients at Cooper. Cooper staff was on hand to accept the donation (left to right): Ivette Martinez, APN; social worker Ellen Hearon; social worker Toni Mathis; pediatrician M. Jawaad Hussain, MD, FAAP; and pediatrician Scott L. Kiehlmeier, MD.