Haddon Township Girl Dedicated To Helping Cooper Health Patients

HADDON TOWNSHIP, NJ — An 8-year-old Haddon Township girl recently donated 200 backpacks filled with blankets and personal care items to help homeless patients receiving care at Cooper University Health Care’s emergency department and addiction medicine program, the health system announced.

Lily Cuticchia, who is going into third grade at St. Rose of Lima Catholic School, held a bake sale in May to raise the money to buy the supplies, officials said. For her efforts, Cuticchia received an Act of Kindness Award from Cooper.

She began helping patients at Cooper in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic last year, when she collected more than 1,200 pairs of men’s, women’s, and children’s socks to help patients in need, officials said. Read more here: Haddon Township Girl, 6, Collects 1,200 Socks For Cooper Patients

Cuticchia was inspired by her mother, Jordan Warner, a team member at Cooper’s Center for Healing, a program that provides a wide range of services for patients with substance abuse disorders.

“Lily has always had a big heart and I have always encouraged her to help others,” Warner said.
“We are amazed and grateful for Lily’s continued generosity,” said Rachel Haroz, MD, a board certified emergency medicine and addiction medicine specialist at Cooper. “Lily is a role model for people of any age. We will be able to help so many people because she cared about them. She is really a special girl. We look forward to Lily’s generosity every year. We want to make her an honorary member of our staff.”