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See the Results of Your Support
We are proud of our record of putting your donations to work effectively.
How Your Gifts are Spent: As of August 31, 2009 combined functional expenses of $9,212,828 were allocated to:
Direct Services and Public Health Education = 84% Management & General Expenses = 10% Fundraising = 6%
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Served 11,542 people through Easter Seals services in 2008-2009.
Easter Seals became the direct provider of Respite Services to Navy and Marines families in the greater Washington- Baltimore region. Easter Seals serves almost 90 children and caregivers whose parents are in the U.S. Navy, and the numbers are growing.
Easter Seals convened the first Military and Veterans’ Initiative Roundtable in our region in an effort to better coordinate local activities to support our troops in a more synergistic fashion.
Received National Association for the Education of Young Children Accreditation renewals for Easter Seals’ Child Development Centers.
Easter Seals’ Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Inter-Generational Center in Silver Spring and the Child Development Center in Washington, DC prove to be international models, hosting disability professionals from North Africa, the Near East, and Holland. Easter Seals joined Autism Society of America, Mass Mutual, and Maryland Delegate Kirill Reznik in hosting an Autism Community forum to present findings from a groundbreaking national study on families living with autism. The forum included presentations on current Maryland and federal legislation regarding autism; as well as a presentation on financial planning for parents of children with disabilities.
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Richard Swirnow, Board Member of Easter Seals Greater Washington-Baltimore Region was awarded the national Easter Seals Philanthropist of the Year Award. He was recognized for his annual gifts to our local affiliate and his unyielding support and leadership of Easter Seals programs for people with disabilities.
A video which highlights Easter Seals’ Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Inter-Generational Center won four nationally acclaimed awards. The video was produced by Creative Video of Washington and can be viewed at gwbr.easterseals.com/ InterGenerational_Ctr_Overview.
Easter Seals received media coverage in over 25 major news outlets, including The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Baltimore Sun, National Public Radio, CBS WJZ, NBC 11, Fox 45, NBC News 4 and many more. Easter Seals was awarded a grant by the Housing and Urban Development Resident Opportunity and Self Sufficiency program (ROSS). Through this funding, Easter Seals Adult Day Center in Hagerstown worked with Project LINC to provided case management, enabled clients to participate in Adult Day Services, facilitated employment and prevented eviction of several Housing Authority of the City of Hagerstown residents.
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