Cozy Comfort for Cooper Kids

Staff from Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper gratefully accepted a generous donation from Erick’s Place.  The organization’s supporters collected 124 pairs of pajamas in varying sizes, along with $125 in Wawa gift cards, for pediatric patients and their families.  Pictured left to right with pajamas in hand are Valari Zee of the Child Life Program, Sabrina Umstead Smith, founder of Erick’s Place, Roosevelt Smith of Erick’s Place, and Brittany Spaeth of the Child Life Program. Read more.

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Celebrates Grand Opening

Cooper Medical School of Rowan UniversityMore than 300 business, political and community leaders from throughout New Jersey joined Governor Chris Christie today to celebrate the grand opening of Cooper Medical School of Rowan University’s state-of-the-art educational building on the corner of Broadway and Benson Street in downtown Camden’s Cooper Health Sciences Campus.

“Today’s grand opening of Cooper Medical School represents a significant step forward in higher education for the state ofNew Jersey,” said Governor Chris Christie.  Read more.

Cooper Partners to Help Make Melanoma a Memory

June 23 was a gorgeous summer day for the 4th Annual Talk While You Walk/5k Run for Peggy Spiegler at Cooper River Park in Pennsauken. Organizers for the Peggy Spiegler Melanoma Research Foundation (PSMRF), which hosted the event, described it as “Our most successful Walk/Run event,” with more than 300 walkers and runners of all ages (including kids).