Patients at Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper were at the top of Santa’s “Nice List” this year, as he made several stops at the hospital this week to visit with children and their families.
CHR Holiday Party—(Left to Right) Suzanne Marques, Clinical Secretary, Department of Pediatrics; Lorraine Raimo, Assistant Administrative Director, Department of Pediatrics; Lorraine Walker (in back) Division Coordinator, Department of Pediatrics; Margie Outler, Director of Business Development; Michael H. Goodman, MD, Chief of the Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper; Michael Vaccarello, 18; Matthew Vaccarello, 14; William G. Sharrar, MD, General Pediatrics (as Santa Claus), Mason Vaccarello, 12; Kathleen Sweeney-Jass, Member of the Board of the Cooper Foundation; Susan Bass-Levin, President and CEO of The Cooper Foundation; Edith Santiago, Practice Operations Manager, Department of Pediatrics and Brenda Cupps, Executive Secretary, Department of Pediatrics.
On Monday, December 17th, Santa surprised pediatric patients and their families in Cooper’s outpatient office in Camden. Each child received a wrapped gift, several new books and a special “personalized photo” with Santa himself. Kathleen Sweeney-Jass and Amanda and Michael Hartung, Board Members of the Cooper Foundation, donated over 100 toys this year for pediatric patients at Cooper; giving children of all ages the opportunity to have a wonderful holiday season. Additionally, Santa stopped by Cooper’s pediatric outpatient office in Voorhees on Thursday, December 20th to distribute more gifts.
Also on Monday, the Sahara Sam mascot visited with patients and staff in Cooper’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and gave out coloring books and candy canes.