Friends of Karen Names Ilene S. Cooper, Esq. to Steering Committee

February 14, 2011

Ilene S. Cooper, Esq. has joined Friends of Karen’s Steering Committee and Long Island Advisory Board.

Cooper, a partner at Farrell Fritz, P.C., practices trusts and estates litigation in Surrogate’s Courts throughout the New York metropolitan area. She is the immediate past president of the Suffolk County Bar Association and is the Chair-Elect of the New York State Bar Association’s Trust and Estates Law Section. A Fellow of the New York Bar Foundation and of the American College of Trust and Estate Council, Cooper is an
adjunct professor at Touro Law School. She has drafted or co-drafted numerous pieces of legislation related to child advocacy which have been signed into law. Cooper was appointed to the Suffolk County Youth Board Coordination Council, which advises the County Executive on matters pertaining to children and youth. She also serves on the board of The Hills Foundation, The Suffolk County Child Care Council, Child Abuse
Prevention Services, Half Hollow Hills Business Advisory Council, Children’s Medical Fund Corporate Alliance and on the Honorary Board of the Suffolk County Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Friends of Karen, with offices in Port Jefferson, Manhattan and Westchester, New York, services families with children diagnosed with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. In 2010 alone, the organization assisted 1,291 children.

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Friends of Karen began in 1978 when family friends came to the aid of a couple and their 16-year old daughter, Karen, who was terminally ill. A fundraising campaign for medical and other costs enabled Karen to spend her precious last days at home surrounded by loving family and friends. Karen, and the mission of Friend of Karen, which is to provide financial, emotional and advocacy support to families of children with life-threatening illnesses, has never been forgotten.

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