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  • Easterseals Receives Autism Speaks Chapter Grant

    Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore is proud to announce that it has received a $5,000 Autism Speaks Chapter Grant to better serve children with autism at Easterseals Camp Fairlee. Children with autism are able to enjoy a typical camp experience, including swimming, canoeing and campfires, with one-to-one counselor support. Easterseals has been offering autism sessions for the past six years, and this grant will help ensure children continue to receive the highest level of care.

  • Easterseals Receives CARES Relief Act Health Equity Grant

    Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore announced that it has received a grant from the New Castle County CARES Relief Act Health Equity Grant. The grant funding will make it possible for Easterseals to purchase technology to be loaned to community-based participants, who because of health risks are unable to attend in-person services. With the loaned technology, participants will have the ability to access Easterseals virtual programming services.
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    Easterseals Announces the Bill Adami Fund for Innovation

    Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore has announced “The Bill Adami Fund for Innovation” in memory of their recent President/CEO, and longtime disability advocate, William J. Adami. The creation of a fund bearing his name is to honor Adami’s legacy of leadership and innovation at Easterseals.

  • Easterseals Honors Governor Jack Markell And Robert J.A. Fraser For Their Advocacy For People With Disabilities

    Governor Jack Markell will be presented with the Outstanding Advocate Award by National Easterseals President/CEO, Jim Williams, at Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore’s 2014 Annual Dinner on Wednesday, October 8th. Additionally, Robert J.A. Fraser, longtime board member of the local affiliate, will be recognized with the Drex Jones Volunteer Award for his extraordinary service to people with disabilities in the region.
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    Easterseals Camp Fairlee is a Vacation for Campers and Their Families

    Tina was reluctant to leave her youngest son, Kyle, for the first time at Easterseals Camp Fairlee. Thanks to some gentle nudging from her daughter-in-law, she was finally persuaded to give it a chance. All that worry went away as soon as she opened the car door and saw Kyle’s smiling face.
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    Easterseals Receives Grant from Safeway Foundation for Supported Employment Program

    Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore recently received a grant from Safeway Foundation to support its Supported Employment program – a program that opens the door to meaningful work and competitive wages in the community for adults with intellectual disabilities, while providing employers with dedicated, productive employees.
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    Easterseals Receives Grant from Discover Bank for Supported Employment Program

    Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore recently received a $25,000 grant from Discover Bank to support its Supported Employment program – a program that opens the door to meaningful work and competitive wages in the community for adults with intellectual disabilities, while providing employers with dedicated, productive employees. Each year, Easterseals partners with over 60 businesses around Delaware to recruit and train individuals with disabilities for their workplace.
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    Arthur W. Perdue Foundation Grant Helps Easterseals Provide New Type of Therapy for Children

    Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore is bringing a new type of therapy to its Salisbury children’s therapy services thanks to a $5,500 grant funded by the Arthur W. Perdue Foundation. The grant will help provide children with a variety of diagnoses a therapy known as Interactive Metronome (IM). IM is used to improve concentration, coordination, language processing, math/reading skills, and impulse control.
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    Easterseals: Trustworthy, Supportive, and Reliable

    Like any parent, Jeanne Eskridge, of Townsend, wanted it all for her son, Brian. After graduating from high school and completing a job-training program, Jeanne sought a future for him that would be engaging and challenge him to reach his potential. Easterseals day services for adults with intellectual disabilities coupled with a part-time job has been the solution to meeting his needs and hers.
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    Easterseals Celebrates Older Americans Month

    Caregiving responsibilities can be overwhelming at times but when a caregiver has someone sharing that weight, it does not feel as heavy. Easterseals is proud to come alongside caregivers, like Erika Carlson, who supports her husband, Chuck, with dementia.