Month: June 2016

On a typical day, working in his garden, Sherman Wood, of Lower Alloways Creek Township, NJ began to feel pain in his chest. He knew his wife was 45 minutes from home, at her job, and would not get there in time. He called 911.

When the medics arrived, they quickly made the decision to air lift him to Cooper University Health Care where he could get immediate treatment for what they knew was a heart attack. What would have taken over an hour by car, took 12 minutes to get him in the helicopter and flown to Cooper.

Lena DeMeis loved to garden, finding happiness in nurturing her vegetables and tending to her roses.

“She gardened for as long as I can remember,” said her daughter, Karen DeMeis, of Audubon.

Lena passed away in March after battling stage 4 breast cancer, but her memory will live on in the beautiful Forman Family Tranquility Garden located at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper. Lena’s daughters, Rose, Terre, Eleanor and Karen, decided to pay tribute to their mother with engraved stones, one recognizing their love for their mother and a second to recognize the love Lena received from friends and family during her battle with cancer.

Pink and Teal Hero Helen Nichter, RN, MSN, APN is Lead Surgical Advanced Practice Nurse at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper. A breast cancer survivor herself, Helen has worked at Cooper since 1990. Find out why people call this thrill seeker Lucky, and why she decided to pursue a career in nursing, especially after a short stint as a pageant contestant.

The Pink and Teal Host Committee is the heart and soul of our Pink Roses Teal Magnolias Brunch to be held this year on Oct. 30 at the Crowne Plaza in Cherry Hill. Committee members are cancer survivors, friends and family of cancer survivors as well as those who have lost loved ones to cancer, community members committed to women’s health initiatives, business owners and friends of friends.

oin in the fight against breast and gynecological cancer by becoming a Pink Roses Teal Magnolias Community Partner. Your organization can make a difference by raising funds to benefit breast and gynecological cancer clinical and research programs at the MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper.