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What’s the Cooper Life Fund?

The Cooper Life Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization...

...created with an objective to develop methods of raising money which will aid children and families of children born with heart defects and other serious medical conditions. John and Ashley Fontenot founded the organization after their son Cooper Fontenot was born in 2004 with a Congenital Heart Defect called Transposition of the Great Vessels.

Cooper spent many weeks in the hospital and endured several hours of open-heart surgery when he was only 9-days old. Although Cooper's treatment and care is ongoing, he is alive and well today because of great medical care and because of intensive cardiovascular research.

Cooper Fontenot's resilience is evidence that there are silver linings in all dark clouds. We at Cooper Life Fund are dedicated to sharing with others our fortune of Cooper's survival and recognizing how miraculous life is. We are also committed to honoring those families that were not as fortunate and helping to ease their sorrow by letting them know that they are not alone.