OUR COMMUNITY

Catch up with what your fellow Cooper members are doing.

 

Member Dana Meador

In 2015, Dana Meador joined Cooper Fitness Center and has since lost 110 pounds. She enjoys the wellness community on campus, specifically water aerobics, group exercise classes, Small Group Training and deep tissue massages at Cooper Spa. Dana said, "I want to age backwards and be the fit grandma!"

 

 

Cindy Bedford

“Cooper Fitness Center members have the most active and healthy lifestyles. It is such a positive environment.” – Cindy Bedford

 

 


left to right: Dr. Tyler Cooper, President and CEO of Cooper Aerobics and North Texas Food Bank board member, and Dale Long, VP of Operations at North Texas Food Bank

Thank you for your donations to our North Texas Food Bank food drive in September, benefiting those impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Through your generosity, and the generosity of our Cooper Clinic patients and Cooper teammates, we collected 758 pounds of food, which will provide access to about 632 meals!

 

 

Fashionably Fit and Fab event
left to right: Jamila Boyle, Pam Cott, Angie Cooper and Yvette Feiger

More than 75 members and guests attended our Fashionably Fit and Fab event on Oct. 19. The afternoon of fashion, wellness and beauty featured new clothing and jewelry lines available at The Coop, makeup touch-ups from Osmosis—the new makeup line at Cooper Spa—Pilates demos and more. See photos.

 

 

Aquastride class in costume
left to right: Jill Samaniego, Janet Bradley, Kay Lisch, Susie Womack, Charles Jones, Jane Daboub, Brenda Gray

On Monday, Oct. 30, the 10 a.m. Aquastride celebrated Halloween a day early. The class worked out in the pool in costume. See photos.

 

 

Cooperized Kidz Halloween Party

On Oct. 27, our Cooperized Kidz families came in costume—from princesses to superheroes to the wolf and the three little pigs—for our annual trick-or-treating parade through the Fitness Center. They also enjoyed lunch from Chick-fil-A, Halloween treats and activities at the Cooperized Kidz Halloween Party. See photos.

 

 

Derrick James and Jermell Charlo volunteering at Houston Food Bank
left to right: Derrick James and Jermell Charlo

In September, Boxing Pro Derrick James traveled to Houston with Professional Boxer Jermell Charlo, who he trains, to volunteer at the Houston Food Bank. They prepared packages for victims of Hurricane Harvey. Houston Food Bank also presented Jermell, a Houston native, with a patch to wear on his shorts during his world champion title defense fight on Oct. 14, which he won in the first round.

 

 

RIPPED group class celebrating Scotty Esquibel's birthday

On Oct. 11, the Wednesday night R.I.P.P.E.D. class celebrated Group Exercise Director Scotty Esquibel’s birthday. Instructor Donna Fisher surprised Scotty with his guilty pleasure, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.

 

 


left to right: Priscilla Hagstrom, Lisa Boyle, Boldijarre Koronczay, Founder and President of Eminence Organic Skin Care, and Erika Bazan

In October, Cooper Spa's General Manager Lisa Boyle, Assistant Manager Erika Bazan and Cooper Aerobics VP of Marketing and Communications Priscilla Hagstrom attended the annual International Spa Association (ISPA) conference in Las Vegas. They attended professional development sessions, sampled new products and services and networked with leading spa professionals from around the world.