Former Cooper Trauma Patient Advocates Safe Driving Through Special Donation After Surviving Deadly Car Accident

Distracted driving, such as texting on a cell phone while behind the wheel of a car, can change a life in a split second. Consequences can be devastating. Nobody knows that more than Alyssa Lesher, 16, of Mt. Laurel, who, in July 2012, was severely injured in a car accident involving a negligent driver and spent more than two weeks in Cooper’s Trauma Intensive Care Unit (TICU).

Avon Breast Health Outreach Program Awards Grant for Breast Cancer Awareness Program to Cooper University Health Care

The Avon Breast Health Outreach Program has awarded a $35,000 one-year grant to Cooper University Health Care’s Cancer Outreach and Screening Program to increase awareness of the life-saving benefits of early detection of breast cancer. It is the sixth year that the program has received funding from the Avon Foundation for Women to support its work on this important health issue, and in recognition of the program’s excellence.