(Camden, NJ): The Cooper Foundation has received a $555,000 grant from the Roots & Wings Foundation. This generous contribution will strengthen Cooper University Health Care’s efforts to support the youngest and most vulnerable members of our community by funding essential programs focused on healthcare, early learning, basic needs, and safety for low-income children and families, from prenatal care through age three.
“This partnership reinforces the Foundation’s dedication to fostering positive outcomes through prevention, early intervention and transformative programming,” said Philip A. Norcross, Esq., chairman of The Cooper Foundation Board. “With help from community partners like the Roots & Wings Foundation, we can work towards a world where every mother and baby have the opportunity for a healthy start, regardless of socioeconomic barriers.”
“A healthy community begins with empowering families from the very beginning,” said Lisa Morina, senior vice president and chief philanthropy officer at The Cooper Foundation. “We are deeply grateful for this partnership, which allows us to advance critical initiatives that improve the health and well-being of children and families in our region.”
The Roots & Wings Foundation is dedicated to supporting non-profit organizations that empower low-income children and families to reach their full potential. Their focus on preventative and transformative programming ensures meaningful, lasting change so every child has the opportunity to thrive.
Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper (CRHC) is South Jersey’s only state-designated acute care children’s hospital, providing expert care with over 59,000 pediatric patient visits annually across 27 pediatric subspecialties.
Together, The Cooper Foundation and the Roots & Wings Foundation are building a brighter, healthier future for our youngest community members.
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About The Cooper Foundation
The Cooper Foundation supports the patients, services, research and educational programs of Cooper University Health Care, one of the largest health systems in southern New Jersey. By partnering with the community, we help Cooper thrive and do more for the people of South Jersey. Generosity allows Cooper to deliver research that leads to cures, growth and development that transforms communities and care that goes beyond the ordinary for patients and their families.
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About Roots & Wings
Roots & Wings is a family foundation established in 2020 by Judy and Gordon Faulkner. Roots & Wings makes grants across the fields of healthcare, early learning, basic needs, and safety & justice. The Foundation supports non-profit organizations that help low-income children and families reach their full potential through prevention, early intervention, and in-depth programming that changes lives. More at www.rootswings.org
About Cooper University Health Care
Cooper University Health Care, with its MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper and affiliation with Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, is a leading academic health system. Cooper has more than 11,000 team members, including nearly 1,600 nurses, more than 1,000 employed physicians, and more than 550 advanced practice providers. Cooper University Hospital has been recognized as a top-performing regional hospital by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals annual survey for six years. Cooper has revenues of more than $2 billion and, along with its new upgraded “A” rating from S&P, recently received an A+ credit rating from Fitch Ratings. Cooper University Hospital is the only Level 1 Trauma Center in South Jersey and the busiest in the region. More than two million patients are served annually at Cooper’s 663-bed flagship hospital in Camden and the 229-bed Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional in Cape May Court House. Cooper’s ambulatory network encompasses three outpatient surgery centers, several urgent care centers, a wound care center, and more than 130 physician, physical therapy and radiology offices extending from the Delaware River to the New Jersey shore. Cooper has been named as one of America’s Best Employers by Forbes for four consecutive years.
The Cooper Health Sciences campus in Camden, New Jersey, is home to Cooper University Hospital, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper, and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University.
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