For the seventh year in a row, Cooper employees have helped make the holidays brighter for families in need throughout South Jersey. Find out how holiday wishes came true \u2013 especially for this dad and his three children.<\/p>\n
Through the Adopt-A-Family program in partnership with Volunteers of America, Cooper employees collected and donated gifts for more than 125 families, fulfilling their holiday wish lists.<\/p>\n
Bicycles, video games\u2026 and one unique request.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody was so excited to do something,\u201d said Cathy Curley, Assistant Vice President of Population Health and Community Outreach. \u201cWe feel like we were able to get everything on the list as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Including bunk beds.<\/p>\n
Curley\u2019s team adopted a family that included a single father and three children. The father had a basic request \u2013 bunk beds so his three children would no longer have to sleep on the floor.<\/p>\n
\u201cI said to my husband, \u2018I really need to get these bunk beds,\u2019\u201d Curley said. \u201cThis is horrible that children would have to sleep on the floor. They deserve better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thanks to Curley and her husband, the children will be sleeping in bunk beds \u2013 the bottom bunk pulls out to a double \u2013 for the holidays.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s not all.<\/p>\n
The Population Health and Community Outreach teams pulled together to purchase new bedding, clothes, toys, and everything else, plus some extras, on the list. Curley said special thanks goes to Rachel Powell, Program Manager, and Lorraine Sweeney, Community Outreach Coordinator, for their help in pulling everyone together.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Adopt-A-Family program is really personal,\u201d said Rebecca Fuller, Vice President of Development and Communications for Volunteers of America. \u201cBecause of you, families are going to have a better holiday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a huge need out there,\u201d Fuller continued. \u201cWe\u2019re able to help so many more families because Cooper adopts so many families. Having Cooper involved is enormous.\u201d<\/p>\n