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Rachel Cooper Pediatric Heart Center

The Rachel Cooper Pediatric Heart Center is located in the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM).

Heal-A-Heart Program

The Heal-A-Heart Program is the centerpiece of the Rachel Cooper Foundation’s commitment to save the lives of children born with congenital heart defects.

 

"Day Of A
Thousand Smiles
"

The “Day of a Thousand Smiles” is the highlight of the year for the Rachel Cooper Foundation.

 

Fellowship and Research

In order to expand the impact of our mission of saving children, we have in recent years, funded the Rachel Cooper Foundation Fellowship at The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM).

Heal-A-Heart
Walk-A-Thon

The Rachel Cooper Foundation is enlisting schools and youth organizations across our country...

Our Heal-A-Heart Photo Gallery


Here are some of the children saved by the Rachel Cooper Foundation

 

The "Day of a Thousand Smiles" is the highlight of the year for the Rachel Cooper Foundation. Each October we invite 1000 handicapped and underprivileged children to be our guests for a fun filled day at the Big Apple Circus in Lincoln Center. To date, more than 23,000 of these children have attended a festive and fun filled day at the circus.

The Foundation purchases the entire performance of the circus and sells the remaining tickets to our friends, loyal supporters, and corporate sponsors. All the proceeds from the “Day of a Thousand Smiles” goes to sustain our life saving work with children throughout the world.

Over the years we have developed a strong bond with many fine organizations that serve the special needs of children, such as United Cerebral Palsy, Lighthouse for the Blind, Ronald McDonald House, Lexington School for the Deaf, Queens Society for Autistic Children, Cancer Center for Kids and the New York City Department of Education’s Special Education Department. The children eagerly anticipate their annual visit to the Circus and we are delighted by the opportunity to provide them with a memorable day of enchantment.

Some of the children are severely handicapped, some of them are wheel chair bound but that doesn’t prevent them from laughing at the clowns and cheering wildly for the many exciting acts at this world-class circus. The smiles on their faces and the joy in their hearts demonstrate the power and beauty of giving.


“The Day of a Thousand Smiles” is vitally important to the Rachel Cooper Foundation because it is our major fundraising event of the year. Every ticket purchased helps us wage our campaign against congenital heart disease in children. It helps to support the 30-40 life saving surgeries for children from around the world that we sponsor through our Heal-A-Heart Program. It enables us to invest in the training of a future pediatric cardiologist through the Rachel Cooper Fellowship.


If you are not able to join us at this year’s Circus, consider making a donation. You will make a thousand children very happy and help us to save lives.
 


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Heal-A-Heart (Click Here)

Donations (Click Here)

 

 
 

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