Easter Seals Disability Services

 

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IF YOU MISSED THE NOVEMBER KICKOFF EVENT...PERFECT!

JOIN US AT THE
2010 CAI/EASTER SEALS VOLLEYBALL CHALLENGE
JANUARY KICKOFF EVENT

FRIDAY, JANUARY 15
12 noon to 2 p.m.
at
Easter Seals New Castle
Corporate Commons
61 Corporate Circle
New Castle, Delaware 19720

Lunch and tours provided.

RSVP Beth Elswick or call (302) 221-2066 for event details.

SHOP AT TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES ON
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3
3-8P
GREENVILLE CROSSING ONE, GREENVILLE

 
Enjoy a unique shopping experience at Ten Thousand Villages from 3-8p on December 3
and you will help support people with disabilities.

Mention Easter Seals--NO COUPONS NECESSARY and
15% of all sales will be directed to the 2010 CAI/Easter Seals Volleyball Challenge.

Located at 4201-A Kennett Pike, Greenville, DE 19807 @ GREENVILLE CROSSING ONE

REMEMBER TO SHOP TIL YOU DROP!

Download a flyer here and pass it along to your friends!

Enjoy lunch and dinner
on Tuesday, December 8
at the Big Fish Grill
and present this flyer.

A percentage of the total net sales generated by the flyer
will be donated to
Easter Seals Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore.

Big Fish Grill is located at
720 South Justison Street,
Wilmington.

SEE YOU THERE!

The 2010 CAI / Easter Seals Volleyball Challenge is set for March 19-21.

If you would like to learn how you can support Easter Seals' largest fundraiser, 
please contact Beth Elswick. 

You Just Never Know What is Going to Happen in Life
 
Two months before 21-year-old Dani was supposed to graduate from the University of Illinois, a cardiac arrest placed a death grip on her life and changed it forever. The cardiac arrest was strong, but her will to live was stronger. "I woke up in the hospital and just prayed to live another day."

After six months in the hospital, Dani returned home. Physical, speech and occupational therapy restored everything, but Dani’s memory. Dani says, "Every day is a new day for me."

Because of her short-term memory loss, the world that Dani knew of college life, friends and travel was now over, but her adventurous heart still yearned for more. Her new life was, as she puts it, “boring” until she found Easter Seals Camp Fairlee Manor. “I love Easter Seals and Camp Fairlee,” Dani says. “I don’t want to leave at the end of the week.”

Dani participates in Easter Seals’ week-long camp stays, weekend respites, the travel trip programs as well as the Daily Adventure program, which takes campers ages 12 and older on a different journey every day.Says Steve Nkurlu, Director of Recreation and Respite Services at Camp Fairlee, “When planning the travel trips, our support staff takes care of all the details such as food, transportation and lodging, while the campers get to enjoy opportunities they might not have outside of camp. We are happy to provide Dani with this experience.”

With Fairlee Manor’s program, Dani has traveled to many destinations including New York City, and the Bahamas. “Dani goes on trips that we cannot afford as a family,” Dani’s Uncle Lee says. “What could be better! Even if she does not remember details of her travel, she knows that she has had a great time and that is all that matters to us.”

Camp Fairlee is not the first exposure Dani’s family has had to Easter Seals. Twenty years ago, when Dani was seven, her Aunt Lollie played in the Easter Seals Volleyball Challenge to raise funds for services such as Camp Fairlee. Not only did her team raise the most funds, Lollie was the top individual fundraiser of that year. "I never imagined then that we would be taking advantage of the same services we  supported 20 years ago," Lollie says. “You just never know what is going to happen in life.”

Easter Seal’s Camp Fairlee Manor is the only camp in our region that provides a typical residential camp experience for children and adults with disabilities on a year-round basis. For more information about Camp programs, call (410) 778-0566 or point your browser to Camp Fairlee Manor.

Visit Camp Fairlee on FACEBOOK.

Download Dani's story in PDF.
 

Thank you for your participation in the 2009 CAI/Easter Seals Volleyball Challenge. Because of you, the volleyball challenge raised more than $285,000 that will help support and enhance programs for people with disabilities in our community. We hope you will join us again next year for what promises to be an exciting event. Together, we can make a difference.

Easter Seals is a trusted expert in providing exceptional services to help people with disabilities gain greater independence throughout their lifetime. Easter Seals provides outstanding 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.

Click here to view photos from the 2009 CAI/Easter Seals Volleyball Challenge.