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  EP Associations - Easter Seals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Everyday, Easter Seals creates solutions that change the lives of people with disabilities and their families by offering services that are comprehensive and individualized to meet each client’s needs, family-focused to meet each family member’s concerns, outcome-oriented with a goal of enhanced independence, and cost-effective, benefiting from public support.
Easter Seals exists to improve the quality of life of children and adults with disabilities and their families.
Easter Seals not only supported the enactment of this legislation, but will monitor its effectiveness to determine if established incentives are enough to increase the number of adults with disabilities returning to work.
www.eparent.com /resources/associations/easter_seals.htm   (1484 words)

  
 Edwardsville Intelligencer - Easter Seals offers assistance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Locally, Easter Seals has a location in Troy which offers adult day services for adults 21 and older and assistance to any family dealing with children and adults with disabilities or other special needs and their families.
Easter Seals noted that during your visit home for the holidays, there are specific signs that may indicate your loved one needs some additional assistance.
Easter Seals said that adults who live in and near Madison County now have more services available in Madison County, because they have been awarded contracts from the Illinois Department on Aging and the Office of Rehabilitation Services.
www.goedwardsville.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=15686736&BRD=2291&PAG=461&dept_id=473648&rfi=6   (697 words)

  
 The Story of Easter Seals
Easter Seals has been helping individuals with disabilities and special needs, and their families, live better lives for more than 80 years.
Easter Seals assists more than one million children and adults with disabilities and their families annually through a nationwide network of more than 450 service sites.
The Easter Seals Society, Ontario is dedicated to helping children, youth and young adults with physical disabilities achieve their full individual potential and future independence.
www.nsc.ca /easterseals/history.htm   (615 words)

  
 Welcome to Easter Seals Central Illinois
Easter Seals provides services to children and adults with disabilities and other special needs, and support to their families.
Easter Seals is located at 2715 N. 27th Street in Decatur, Illinois.
Easter Seals provides exceptional services to ensure that all people with disabilities or special needs and their families have equal opportunities to live, learn, work and play in their communities.
www.easterseals-ci.org /index_main.htm   (61 words)

  
 Easter Seals: Medical Rehabilitation
Easter Seals medical professionals work together to restore function lost due to temporary conditions such as lower back pain, or permanent disabilities, such as traumatic brain injury.
Because Easter Seals is family-focused, medical rehabilitation services may be provided in an Easter Seals outpatient center, Easter Seals Child Development Center and many adult day programs, as well as at home or at school, making it easier for busy families to coordinate services for their loved ones.
Easter Seals licensed physical therapists use exercise, therapy, assistive devices and special techniques to encourage independence at work, home, school and in the community.
www.easterseals.com /site/PageServer?pagename=ntl_medical_rehabilitation&s_esLocation=serv_medreh_   (468 words)

  
 The National Easter Seal Society
Easter Seals is a non-profit, community-based health agency dedicated to helping children and adults with disabilities attain greater independence.
Easter Seals children's services include early intervention programs designed to assist young children with disabilities adapt and find ways to succeed in school and in their lives.
Easter Seals continues to be one of the nation's largest networks for medical rehabilitation services, offering physical and occupational therapy, speech language services, home health, and specialized therapy and support programs for spinal cord injuries, stroke, post-polio and disabilities that occur as a part of aging.
www.orgsites.com /il/easterseals   (270 words)

  
 Easter Seals New Brunswick - Homepage
Easter Seals NB has been operating in New Brunswick since 1966 and is affiliated with the Easter Seals National Council.
Easter Seals NB would like to invite person’s of all ages and regions to join them on Feb 17th, 2007 at Mactaquac Provincial Park to participate and/or volunteer in this remarkable 25th Anniversary Snowarama celebration.
Easter Seals NB and the NB Federation of Snowmobile Club’s are celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Snowarama in grand fashionÂ… by setting a new Guinness World Record.
www.easterseals.nb.ca   (743 words)

  
 FOP & Easter Seals
Helping children and adults with disabilities live better lives is at the heart of Easter Seals' mission, and the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), an Easter Seals National Corporate Partner, has helped raise funds for 27 years to support the more than one million people with disabilities and their families served by Easter Seals annually.
Easter Seals' network of nearly 100 affiliates at over 500 facilities across the country provides health and human services to more than one million people each year.
Easter Seals' services address the needs of children and adults who are disabled at birth, through injury or illness and by the aging process.
www.fop.net /causes/charities/easterseals.shtml   (1232 words)

  
 Easter Seals NL
The Fraser Edison Easter Seals Ambassador Trust (FEESAT) was established by Fraser Edison in 2003 and provides a $2,000 educational scholarship to Easter Seals Ambassadors.
The Ambassador is a child between the ages of 7 and 16 with a strong spirit of independence, a "can-do" attitude, self-assurance, a comfort level speaking in public and with the media, and is intent on attaining a post secondary education.
Easter Seals Newfoundland and Labrador is grateful to the generous donors who made the establishment of the Fraser Edison Easter Seals Ambassador Trust possible:
www.easterseals.nf.ca /FraserEdison.htm   (419 words)

  
 Easter Seals: The Power Behind the Flower
To attract participants, Easter Seals offers a package of interconnected services including the assistive technology program (in which clients are evaluated for the appropriate assistive hardware), the computer loan program, and a childcare program.
When a client chooses Easter Seals as his or her "employment vendor," that client is assigned an employment specialist who assesses the client's employable skills, as well as his or her personal goals and psychological capabilities.
Easter Seal staff are also seeing returns on the Microsoft donation in the form of more time to work with clients.
www.microsoft.com /enable/news/easterone0399.aspx   (1045 words)

  
 Volunteer Opportunities at Easter Seals South Central PA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Easter Seals would like to thank all of the wonderful volunteers who have contributed much to the programs, fundraising events and daily activities.
Easter Seals staff is willing to provide intern positions to high school and college students.
The Easter Seals marketing and development team and the recreational therapy program are looking for interns to assist staff in meeting the needs of the children and adults with disabilities who attend Easter Seals programming.
www.visiteasterseals.org /volunteer.htm   (256 words)

  
 Intro to Easter Seals Camp Hemlocks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
The mission of The Easter Seal Society of Connecticut, Inc. is to promote and assure maximum independence and quality of life for people with disabilities and their families.
Easter Seals provides education, information and advocacy services to the public.
We also own and operate Easter Seals Camp Hemlocks, a rustic, barrier-free, year-round camping facility which provides recreational, educational and social programs for children and adults with disabilities and their families.
hometown.aol.com /vballxchg/EasterSeals/ES_intro.html   (249 words)

  
 Welcome to Easter Seals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Easter Seals services are comprehensive and individualized to meet each client's needs, family-focused to meet each family member's concerns, outcome-oriented with a goal of enhanced independence, and cost-effective benefiting from public support.
Easter Seals’ mission is to help all disabled persons — now one in eight --­ achieve dignity, equality and maximum independence.
Easter Seals social activities provide a safe and nurturing environment to learn social and interpersonal skills among peers and build self esteem.
www.svn.net /esnc/service.htm   (655 words)

  
 Easter Seals NL
Easter Seals House will be home to the programs and activities of Easter Seals Newfoundland and Labrador.
Easter Seals House will give them a place to be themselves, a space to call their own.
Easter Seals Newfoundland and Labrador is sincerely grateful to Oceanex Inc. for their leadership in raising the funds necessary to bring Easter Seals House from dream to reality, and to C.A. Pippy Park Commission for generously donating the parcel of land on Mount Scio Road that Easter Seals will soon call home.
www.easterseals.nf.ca /EasterSealsHouseNL.htm   (622 words)

  
 Easter Seals New Brunswick - History of the Easter Seals NB
The seal is a symbol of support for children with disabilities.
The seal is used at Easter time as the Easter theme coincides with the rehabilitation of children.
In addition to the New Brunswick Easter Seals programs, many of the staff members are strong, active advocates for disability and rehabilitation related issues.
www.easterseals.nb.ca /about_history.php   (748 words)

  
 Easter Seals (US) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Easter Seals is an American charitable organization, and is a non-profit organization serving individuals with disabilities and their families.
The first Easter Seals campaign was launched in the spring of 1934.
The Easter Seals logo, a lily, was adopted in 1952 to symbolizing new life and resurrection.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Easter_Seals_(US)   (287 words)

  
 Easter Seals
The overwhelming public support for the Easter "seals" campaign triggered a nationwide expansion of the organization and a swell of grassroots efforts on behalf of people with disabilities.
Easter Seals also advocates for the passage of legislation to help people with disabilities achieve independence, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
At the core of the Easter Seals organization is a common passion for caring, shared by its 13,000 staff members and thousands of volunteers, and by those who support its mission.
www.indianaesa.org /easter-seals.htm   (449 words)

  
 CBBB Wise Giving Alliance
Easter Seals reports that it annually assists over a million children and adults with disabilities and their families through a nationwide network of more than 500 service sites.
Easter Seals' national office assists affiliates in the planning, development and implementation of specific programs and services to meet the needs of persons with disabilities and other special needs and their families in their local communities.
Easter Seals also counsels and trains affiliates in fund raising methodology (i.e., direct mail, special events, telemarketing, planned giving, corporate sponsorship, and donor relations), as well as providing them with fund raising materials.
www.give.org /reports/care_dyn.asp?310   (650 words)

  
 We are changing lives and changing perceptions... | Alberta Easter Seals
Alberta Easter Seals provides necessary mobility and accessibility equipment for all Albertans, based on need, no matter the age, disease or disability.
Easter Seals Camp Horizon — Brightening the lives of over 85,000 Albertans since 1965, Easter Seals Camp Horizon is the leader of special needs camps in Southern Alberta.
Easter Seals 24-Hour Relay raises over $130,000 to send 260 deserving kids to camp.
www.easterseals.ab.ca   (193 words)

  
 eBay View About Me for eastersealsontario
The Easter Seal Society, Ontario is dedicated to helping kids with physical disabilities achieve their full, individual potential and future independence.
For over 80 years, The Easter Seal Society, Ontario has been assisting kids with physical disabilities by funding costly equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers, and communication devices.
Easter Seals kids can attend fully accessible Easter Seals camps where they enjoy activities such as sailing, sledge hockey, and a high ropes course.
cgi3.ebay.ca /ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=eastersealsontario   (321 words)

  
 Easter Seals News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
Pat Bowers, Executive Director of Easter Seals Wayne and Union Counties, was awarded the first Ruth J. Wickemeyer Award for Community Service by the Wayne County Foundation Thursday evening, June 22.
Easter Seals of Wayne and Union Counties received $1,000 thanks to the members of Whitewater Valley REMC.
Easter Seals received a $9,544 grant from the Wallace foundation for equipment.
eastersealswu.tripod.com /id9.html   (1273 words)

  
 Easter Seals Launches First National Online Fundraising Effort
Easter Seals will make its first national foray into online event registration and pledge collection this spring to support its Walk with Me fundraiser.
The new program -- which replaces the Easter Seals Telethon as the organization's signature event--will be held in 10 markets this year, 25 markets next year, and rolled out nationally in 2004.
Participants who opt-in to receive e-mails from Easter Seals will be sent about eight e-mails from the time they register until after the event, updating them on developments and giving tips about fundraising opportunities.
directmag.com /news/marketing_easter_seals_launches   (599 words)

  
 SLAM! SPORTS -- CONN SMYTHE SPORTS CELEBRITIES DINNER AND AUCTION
The Easter Seal Society, Ontario has been helping children and young adults with physical disabilities in Ontario reach their highest level of independence since 1922.
The Easter Seal Society assists children and young adults that have neuromuscular, musculoskeletal or neurological conditions which limit mobility and/or physical function such as cerebral palsy, spina bifida and other neuromuscular disorders.
Easter Seals is dedicated to helping children, youth and young adults with physical disabilities achieve their full individual potential and future independence.
slam.canoe.ca /connsmythe/eastersealsociety.html   (343 words)

  
 Four Easter Seals Organizations Receive Johnson & Johnson Pathways To Independence Grants
Established in partnership with Easter Seals, the Johnson and Johnson grant program was created in 2001 to support and recognize programs that improve access to rehabilitation and medical care.
Easter Seals Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shores, which received a grant to pilot an early intervention program using a transdisciplinary model in two area daycare centers.
Easter Seals New Hampshire, New York, Vermont and Maine, which received a grant to continue and expand Project T.E.A.M. (Treatment, Evaluation, Assistive Technology, Medical Rehabilitation), begun with a Johnson and Johnson grant the previous year.
jnj.com /news/jnj_news/20031118_110802.htm;jsessionid=EEW515HBQDZNYC...   (811 words)

  
 Easter Seals Goodwill ND, Inc.
Easter Seals Goodwill ND, INC., is, and will continue to be a leading organization in helping children and adults with disablities or special needs and their families lead lives of Equality, Dignitiy, and Independence.
Easter Seals Goodwill offers a wide range of programs and services with certifed and trained support staff who can provied both personal care and medical care services for people with disabilities or other special needs who are living at home and who, with some help, can remain there.
In 1996 Easter Seals of North Dakota merged with Goodwill Industries in order to broaden its consumer focus and its mission to include people who are socially and economically disadvantaged, those with cultural differences, as well as those with disabilities.
www.volunteersolutions.org /firstlink/org/1495389-printer.html   (371 words)

  
 Easter Seals: Helping people with disabilities gain greater independence
Meet Tori through her courageous and inspiring story and help Easter Seals help her -- and a million other children and adults with disabilities.
Easter Seals recently hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Therapeutic School and Center for Autism Research in Chicago.
Easter Seals and its affiliate organizations are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations.
www.easterseals.com   (361 words)

  
 Easter Seals: Helping people with disabilities gain greater independence
Victoria "Tori" Boyles may walk with crutches, but thanks to Easter Seals, she sees herself as no different than other nine-year-olds.
This year’s representatives, from Chicago and St. Louis respectively, demonstrate how with support from their families, their communities and Easter Seals, anything is possible.
View the public service announcement Easter Seals has endorsed featuring former Senator Bob Dole, airing on TV and radio, and learn more about the prescription drug benefit program.
easterseals.com /site/PageServer?...   (336 words)

  
 Network for Good :: Search for a Charity
Easter Seals' mission is to provide exceptional services to ensure all people with disabilities or special needs and their families have equal opportunities to live, learn, work and play in their communities.
Easter Seals services benefit 1.3 million children and adults annually through more than 550 centers nationwide, in Puerto Rico and Australia.
In the nation's capitol and throughout the country, Easter Seals volunteer leaders and staff worked together to advance opportunities for children and adults with disabilities through legislation and funding for services.
partners.guidestar.org /controller/searchResults.gs?action_gsReport=1&partner=networkforgood&ein=36-2171729   (538 words)

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