We wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving. We are grateful for all you do for our patients and each other.
What You Should Know This Week:
- Year-End Bonus. In case you missed the email from Cooper’s Chairman George E. Norcross, III, please click here to read about this year’s bonus for all the great work you have done. Thank you.
- Potential Holiday COVID-19 Spike. New Jersey Department of Health modelling indicates that our state could experience a spike in COVID-19 cases over the holidays that could potentially increase hospitalizations significantly statewide. So please be safe and stay healthy during your holiday celebrations. Read more here.
- Earlier this week, Lt. Antonio Ellis, a Manchester Township police officer who was among the first severe COVID-19 cases in New Jersey, made a triumphant return to Cooper to thank the team of caregivers who saved his life. Click here to read more.
- Turkey Donations. The Cooper Foundation and Camden Mayor Victor Carstarphen teamed up with an anonymous donor to provide turkeys to Camden seniors and families for the Thanksgiving holiday. Click here to read more.
- The Holiday Virtual Tree Decorating Contest is BACK! For details click here, and don’t forget to post to Pulse+.
- The deadline for flu 2021 vaccination compliance is December 6, 2021. Please review the information here to ensure you are compliant. Click here for the schedule. Flu shots are not being offered in the Kelemen tent or booster pop-up clinics, which are exclusively for COVID-19 vaccines.
- COVID-19 booster eligibility has expanded: Pfizer, Moderna, and J&J boosters are available to all Cooper team members at the Kelemen Circle tent, ambulatory offices, and retail locations. To schedule your booster shot, visit myCooper. Vaccines and boosters are also available at Camden County College in Blackwood on Tuesdays and Thursdays and can also be scheduled on myCooper.
- In partnership with the Camden County Coalition, Cooper will continue to host a COVID-19 Pop-up Vaccine Clinic at the Cherry Hill Mall. The clinic will be open the second weekend of every month, through April 2022, on Fridays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Product unavailability and shortages are often the result of labor challenges. We know that not all production issues can be fixed and our Food Services team is continuously working on alternate solutions. You may notice a product has changed in some way; however, rest assured that we are doing everything we can to meet the expectations of our patients/customers while still providing the variety of options that our customers expect and deserve.
- The newest episode of Out in the Crowd with Mazz and O’Dowd features two Cooper physicians who have recently been on the Today Show and Good Morning Philadelphia. Click here to listen to the episode.
- Last chance for PTO sell back, NOW open through Monday, November 29, 2021. The November payout will be based on PTO accrued as of the pay period ending November 20, 2021, and payment will be made on Friday, December 3, 2021. Click here to learn more.
- Live near Gloucester Township? Camden County is offering residents an opportunity to get a hepatitis A vaccine after a Gloucester Township Starbucks employee recently tested positive for the virus. Click here for more information.
- Click here to read today’s Daily Dose, “Mindfulness Meditation: Gratitude at Thanksgiving.” As always, you can view the Daily Dose archives here.
- We love to hear patient feedback about their excellent health care experience at Cooper. Kudos to all who are making The Cooper Experience a reality. Click here to read more.
- The Cooper Rounding template will be refreshed and refined for 2022 thanks to your feedback. Check out the Cooper Rounding Blog, which is constantly updated with FAQs and creative ways to engage your teams.
- Topic of the Week – What is the origin of Black Friday?: Some of us will start (or finish) holiday shopping this Friday, the day after Thanksgiving known as “Black Friday.” According to the History.com, the most commonly repeated story behind the Black Friday, the post-Thanksgiving tradition, is linked to retailers, who record financial losses in red and profits in black. As the story goes, after an entire year of operating at a loss, known as being “in the red,” stores would supposedly earn a profit, known as being “in the black,” on the day after Thanksgiving “because holiday shoppers blew so much money on discounted merchandise.” However, the first recorded use of the term “Black Friday” was linked to a financial crisis caused by unscrupulous financiers. Learn more here.
- Movie Quote: “If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn’t be more surprised.”
We appreciate your ongoing hard work and commitment during these challenging times.
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