{"id":8205,"date":"2017-09-18T12:47:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T16:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/?p=8205"},"modified":"2017-09-18T12:47:55","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T16:47:55","slug":"books-and-more-books-teen-makes-special-delivery-to-childrens-regional-hospital-at-cooper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/2017\/09\/books-and-more-books-teen-makes-special-delivery-to-childrens-regional-hospital-at-cooper\/","title":{"rendered":"Books and More Books: Teen Makes Special Delivery to Children\u2019s Regional Hospital at Cooper"},"content":{"rendered":"

In February 2017, 13-year-old Charlotte Olson donated more than 1,300 books to Children\u2019s Regional Hospital at Cooper<\/a>\u2019s 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 towards her goal of collecting an additional 2,000 for the program. \u00a0The books will be distributed at all Children\u2019s Regional offices throughout the region.<\/p>\n

The West Berlin adolescent was crowned Miss New Jersey Pre-Teen Cover Girl 2017<\/a> in part for her community service efforts which included the ongoing book drive to benefit patients at Cooper.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe book drive made me feel good about helping others,\u201d Charlotte said. \u201cI wanted to do more.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe appreciate Charlotte\u2019s efforts on behalf of all of the children we see in all our offices at Children\u2019s Regional Hospital at Cooper<\/a>,\u201d said pediatrician M. Jawaad Hussain, MD, FAAP<\/a>, who worked with the Olson family to coordinate the donation. \u201cReading skills are an important part of child development.\u00a0 These books help us to encourage children to have a love of reading early in life, which will benefit them their entire lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Charlotte Olson (center) once again collected books to benefit young patients at Cooper.\u00a0 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.<\/p><\/div>\n

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About Children\u2019s Regional Hospital at Cooper<\/strong><\/p>\n

As the only state-designated acute care children\u2019s hospital in South Jersey, Children\u2019s Regional Hospital at Cooper is committed to excellence in education, research, and high-quality, safe care for pediatric patients and their families. Children\u2019s Regional Hospital at Cooper provides exceptional pediatric primary care and comprehensive specialty care services for every patient, every day, in a patient- and family-centered environment. Services include:<\/p>\n