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2024 Events
Coop’s Troop Foundation
2024 Holiday Toy Drive!
Saturday December 7th at Noon
Please Drop Off a NEW Unwrapped Toy to the Cooper Home at 265 Thicket Street in Weymouth
Coop’s Troop Foundation
2024 Holiday Toy Drive Raffle!
$20 Per Chance
Coop’s Troop
Who We Are
Coop’s Troop Foundation Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization founded to honor the life of Cooper Matthew Richards, a beautiful and happy little boy from Weymouth, Massachusetts.
Learn more about Cooper’s story and the foundation below.
What Drives Us
Our Mission
“Cooper Work” is doing small things that make a big impact in the lives of courageous children and their families. The goal of the foundation is to fund scientific research, education and charitable purposes that support the social, economic and medical needs and development of children with life limiting diseases and special needs.
Cooper Work In Action
Initiatives
Cooper's Kids
Some of the ways the Foundation has benefited courageous children across the country
Refer a Child
Cooper's Book Nook
Coop’s Troop
Coop’s Troop Foundation Scholarship Recipients-Class of 2022
Cardinal Spellman High School: Miss Elizabeth Hurm
St. Francis Xavier School: Sean Byrne
Congratulations to this year’s recipients. We hope you carry Cooper in your hearts on the next leg of your journey.
Help Us get the work done
Fundraising
With the help of dedicated volunteers our organization runs several fundraising events throughout the year to support our Cooper Work. Below are details on recent fundraisers.
Coop's Troop 5K
Our annual 5K fundraiser to benefit Coop's Troop
Holiday Toy Drive
Thousands of toys are donated every year
We'd Love to Hear from you
Get in touch
Like to learn more? Volunteer or help out in some other way? Please contact us below and follow us on facebook.
Dear Loyal Supporters,
Thank you for being part of our Coop’s Troop Foundation family. Our greatest joy is supporting our mission of caring for children with life limiting conditions and special needs. We do our best to carry out this mission with compassion, dignity and most importantly, in memory of Cooper Matthew Richards.
We had beautiful plans for the Coop’s Troop 5K this summer. It was to be held on a special day, Cooper’s 7th Birthday. We had visions of laugher, lots of balloons, amazing runners and walkers, bright colors and a special day to honor him. While it was a difficult and sad decision, our family has decided to cancel the~5th Annual Coop’s Troop 5K Birthday Bash and Dash~ which was scheduled for Sunday, July 12, 2020. We care immensely about the safety and wellbeing of all of you and the community during this time of the COVID 19 emergency.
While we understand that large crowds cannot safely gather, it was also important that we didn’t ask local businesses to donate money, supplies and their time during a difficult time for their own businesses and personal struggles.
Please stay tuned about plans for future Coop’s Troop Foundation events when it is safe.
We appreciate your support to the 5K over the past five years.
Kindly,
The Richards Family