What is Easterseals? Easterseals provides services to help children and adults with disabilities and/or special needs as well as support to their families. We've been helping families for nearly 100 years. Today, Easterseals assists more than one million individuals and their families annually at more than 550 Easterseals service sites across the country. Each center …
2021 Holiday Shopping Guide & Wish List
Each year we are asked to share some of our therapists' favorite toys for holiday gifts. We are so excited to be teaming up with our friends at Gingerbread House Toys in Bloomington to bring you our annual shopping guide! These toys were hand-selected by our therapists to help children of all ages with their …
Odie’s Journey
Last month we celebrated as our friend Odie graduated from ABA therapy and began attending kindergarten in his home town! Odie was receiving speech, occupational and ABA therapy with Easterseals Central Illinois for 3 years. His parents sat down with Molly Hogeboom, Easterseals Community Engagement Manager, to discuss this milestone, their journey and their hopes …
Because of YOU
Because of you, when disaster struck, we were able to launch a Telehealth program within weeks, allowing us to continue to see families when in person therapy was not an option. As of May 2020, our entire therapy team was able to be trained, and virtual therapy was resumed with 70% of Easterseals families. "Even …
A Far-Reaching Footprint: Meet Titus & Teo
Titus (left) and Teo (right) with their mom, Alison and dad, Blake! Meet Titus and Teo! These brothers and their parents travel from Macomb, IL to the Bloomington Easterseals Central Illinois Center almost every day to receive services they need to reach their full potential. Titus is five years old. He loves music, and also …
Volunteer Spotlight: Spotlight on John Pratt
John has been one of the race directors of Run the Woods for over twenty years! This 5K/8K trail run and 1-Mile Hike is held on the first Saturday of October at Easterseals Timber Pointe Outdoor Center, and brings several hundred runners, volunteers and supporters to Timber Pointe every year while raising money for Easterseals through race entries and …
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A Message of Thanks from Isaac’s Mom
In a year filled with uncertainty, want to share a story with you that fills our hearts with thankfulness. This year, so many generous supporters stepped up to help Easterseals families continue their therapy through Telehealth. Here is a message of thanks from our friend Isaac’s mom, Christina. “Telehealth has been a huge blessing to …
Meet the Easterseals #OurCommonThreads Artists!
This year, we dedicate our 30th annual tribute to Our Common Threads - the values that have woven our community together throughout 2020. At Easterseals, Our Common Threads are family, joy, love, friendship and growth. To help us share these threads with the community, we relied on the help of several Easterseals Ambassadors, who in …
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A Back to School Surprise
When our 28 students at the Easterseals Learning Academy returned to school for the first time since March, they were greeted with a wonderful surprise. Their outside patio had been transformed into a bright, colorful Sensory Garden! This active, outdoor space, made possible by a small grant from PNC, was designed to create a multi-sensory …
Passage to India: A Cultural Feast at Home
Passage to India is an annual celebration benefitting Easterseals, typically held at the Peoria Civic Center that is widely recognized as a premier cultural event in Central Illinois. This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing guidelines, we pivoted to a virtual event, titling this year's celebration "A Cultural Feast At Home". This …
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