www.gwbr.easterseals.com
WHAT: "Thanks a Million Event Tea Party" -- Easter Seals thanks Safeway Eastern Division for raising over a million dollars to support programs serving people with disabilities.
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After a successful fundraising campaign in April, which raised $692,000 for Easter Seals clients -- The Safeway Foundation sponsored the 21st Annual Pro-Am Golf Tournament in June and raised an additional $435,815.00 for a grand total of $1,127,815.00.
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Young children will "host" the tea party at the new Child Development Center in Maryland (slated to open late summer) as a way of saying "thanks" to Safeway for supporting Easter Seals. The center is part of Easter Seals new Intergenerational Center -- housing an Adult Day Services Center, a Child Development Center, Assistive Technology Center and a Caregiver Resource Center in addition to the regional headquarters offices.
Visuals: Posters created by the children depicting how big "one million" actually is.
Special Guest: Congressman Chris Van Hollen
WHEN: Monday June 16, 2008 at 10 a.m.
WHERE: Easter Seals Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Inter-Generational Center
1420 Spring Street, Silver Spring, MD 20910
DIRECTIONS & PARKING: 495 to Georgia Avenue South toward downtown Silver Spring. Right on Spring Street, left on Second, and immediate left into the Easter Seals parking garage. Enter at front of building.
From DC: 16th Street to Spring Street (just as you cross into Maryland, this will be the second light) turn right onto Spring and right onto Second. Parking garage will be on your left. Enter at front of building.
Easter Seals Greater Washington-Baltimore Region provides comprehensive services for children and adults with disabilities and their families in Maryland, Northern Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Easter Seals' three core services include early education and care for children with and without disabilities, adult and senior day services, and home and community-based therapy services.
www.gwbr.easterseals.com
CONTACT: Judy Miller of Easter Seals Greater Washington-Baltimore Region, +1-301-920-9707, cell: +1-240-723-5031, [email protected]
/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- June 19/
SOURCE Easter Seals Greater Washington-Baltimore Region
