Support individuals with disabilities by joining Team Easterseals Eastern PA's new annual giving campaign! We have exceeded our $50,000 goal, but how much more can we raise before March 16, 2022?
To provide help, hope, and answers to the 3,000 individuals with disabilities - and their families - Easterseals Eastern Pennsylvania serves annually throughout the Lehigh Valley, Berks County, Poconos and surrounding region.
Easterseals Eastern Pennsylvania creates life-changing solutions for individuals with disabilities and their families in their community by increasing independence, maximizing opportunities, minimizing barriers and enhancing quality of life.
Easterseals Eastern Pennsylvania serves more than 3,000 children and young adults with disabilities - and their families - throughout the Lehigh Valley, Berks County, the Poconos and surrounding region. Our innovative and inclusive services include:
- Early intervention
- Make the First Five Count - child development resources
- Outpatient therapy (speech, occupational and physical)
- Specialty medical clinics (neurology, orthopedic and orthotic)
- Autism diagnostic clinic
- ABA therapy training for parents of children with autism
- LEAP - employment experience for high school students
- Community supports – personalized support for young adults and adults
- Camp and recreation
Zai’Den loves to play! Whether he is outside on the playground or inside with his siblings, Zai’Den enjoys physically being able to participate in activities with his siblings and parents and enjoys exploring everything he sees. This was not always the case. When Zai’Den first began receiving Early Intervention services with Easterseals Eastern PA two years ago, he was ventilator-dependent and took no food or drink by mouth. He did not walk or speak, and he had significant oral and sensory aversions. Initially, he resisted participating in therapy. He would shake his head no or turn his head away. With a lot of patience and persistence on the part of Zai’Den and his parents, he eventually bonded with his therapists and began to smile when they arrived. Then he began looking forward to their visits and initiating preferred activities like walking, reading, blowing bubbles and playing peekaboo.
Continue reading Zai'Den's story: https://www.easterseals.com/esep/who-we-are/stories-of-hope/spotlights/meet-zaiden.html.
Please contact Easterseals Eastern PA Director of Advancement, Ann Marie Surovy, CFRE at asurovy@esep.org or 610-289-0114 ext. 205.
Jennifer McDonough
$6,000 raised
Marvin Balliet
$5,755.52 raised
Bill Blumer
$3,347.45 raised
Ann Marie Surovy
$2,601.65 raised
Pete Cleff
$1,465.46 raised
Eden R. Bucher
$1,401.24 raised
Tony Deutsch
$1,013.42 raised
Jarrett Laubach
$1,000 raised
Dolores Bertoti
$998.34 raised
Lynn Gerlach
$603.17 raised
Julia Urich
$533.45 raised
Cindy Fenstermaker
$500 raised
Eunice Carbone
$447.29 raised
Ryan Sulzer
$409.62 raised
Kathie Metzler
$300 raised
Ana Vega Toro
$210.02 raised
Cyndi Feichtel
$174.03 raised
Mike Richard
$153.99 raised
Melissa Vandever
$131.50 raised
Christine Paris
$126.86 raised
Ranju Gupta, MD
$125.87 raised
Donna Brahaney
$107.46 raised
Ellen Albright
$102.56 raised
Cynthia Phillips
$85.53 raised
Michael Zalot
$25 raised
Val Antonelli
$21.37 raised
Soo Sun
$20.76 raised
Yasmin Jimenez
$0 raised
Sue Schamberger
$0 raised
Jill Glose
$0 raised
Casey Stairiker
$0 raised