SCOTT COOPERSMITH STROKE AWARENESS FOUNDATION
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Mission Statement
Our foundation is dedicated to connecting with those affected by stroke and health care professionals through community outreach by raising funds to further the awareness of stroke in young individuals, encouraging the rehabilitation of survivors, and providing emotional and financial assistance to survivors and caregivers.
About This Cause
SCSAF was founded in 2011, in honor of Scott Coopersmith. Scott was 32 years old when he suffered a massive ischemic stroke of the brain stem on July 15, 2009 and passed away a week later on July 22, 2009. His son, Tyler, wasn’t even two years old. It is important to me to get our community involved and keep our residents educated and safe. Stroke does not discriminate and can happen to anyone at any time. I learned this the hard way. Scott had no warning signs. He didn’t drink. He didn’t smoke. He didn’t have high blood pressure or high cholesterol and he wasn’t over weight. When I found him in our bathroom the morning he had his stroke, he was conscious, but unresponsive. His speech was very slurred and he was paralyzed on his right side. I had no idea that these were signs of stroke. Since I founded SCSAF, I’ve met Melanie Livingstone, an Oviedo mom whose son, Jack, had a stroke at 2 days old (he is now in the 4th grade in my son’s class at Lawton Elementary). I’ve met Alex Dixon, a young girl who had a stroke when she was in middle school and is now attending UCF. I’ve met Robert Pritchard, who had a stroke two months after graduating from UCF (he now volunteers for our board and graduated with his Master’s from UCF. I’ve met Mateo Galeano, a three-month old that just had a stroke in March 2016. I’ve learned of John Michael Night, the Winter Park high school student who suffered a stroke in December 2015 and now has locked in syndrome. And of course, there is Scott. He lives on in our son and through our foundation. Perhaps there has been someone in your life who has been touched by stroke, or perhaps you have been fortunate enough to have not seen first-hand the devastation stroke can cause. Either way, I would like to invite you to learn more about how we are helping to bring awareness and services to our community. The Scott Coopersmith Stroke Awareness Foundation has helped our community of stroke survivors and their families in numerous ways: • Assisted survivors with funds in order to ensure they receive proper rehabilitation when insurance benefits run out • Offer group counseling to caretakers of survivors with a Licensed Mental Health Counselor • Funded informational video brochures that are currently in production that will be distributed to stroke patients and their families as they are brought into Florida hospital to inform them about what is happening to their loved one • Funded a family waiting room located on the Neuro Critical Care Unit at Florida Hospital South complete with game kiosks for children and serene murals on the walls to offer a peaceful room for families while their loved ones are in the unit • Spoke at City Hall in downtown Orlando on World Stroke Day about the importance of recognizing the signs and symptoms of stroke