Easterseals

Patty Vasquez, weeknights 5:00 to 7:00 on WCPT 820 We have with us A- Amy Blythe, Assistant Vice President of Early Learning Services at Easterseals Chicago and Ro- Rockford Regions.

Thank you so much for joining us in studio.

How you doing today, Amy?

Mm-hmm

... and ch- early childhood programs.

Tell us a little bit about Easterseals and Head Start and early learning and the work you do.

Yeah.

So our Easterseals here, we serve Chicago and Rockford, and we really are in the disability, early learning, workforce development.

I'll leave that to our nature centers.

I did want to share one other event, though, that's kind of near and dear to us is our partnership with Easter Seals.

September 15th, we'll be out at Mosquito Hill.

Easter Seals is actually, they've put together quite the consolidation of resources for those with mobility challenges.

And we're going to be doing demonstrations of our new UTV, the track chairs, things like that.

And then they'll have all those other resources available to kind of talk about that.

Easterseals is the largest provider of services, supports, and programs specifically geared to helping people of all ages with all disabilities live life to the fullest and fully participate in society.

What that looks like is starting with early intervention programs for very young children, And some programs that even encompass daycare for medically fragile infants, right up through seniors who we help, you know, reenter the workforce and everything in between from adolescents to adults who need daycare, who might have intellectual and or physical disabilities to veterans support.

Easter Seals does so much, but we're known best for our work with people with disabilities.

And we're unique in that We don't discriminate against age or disability.

So that's a massive spectrum of people to provide help for.

That's a lot of politicking, right? It's meeting people where they are.

It's addressing concerns.

And I'll tell you, one of the hardest things I have ever done was sell this network, Easter Seals Network, on direct response television.

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This is Si Harris speaking for Clipper Craft Clothes.

He seems to do a lot of awards these days, including the American Giving Awards.

the funniest commercials of the year, and the 2023 Media Access Awards with Easter Seals, which obviously was a sponsor and not some seals at Easter.

Well, don't forget

his 1991

Christmas Seals are sponsored by what non-profit organization?

Uh, Easter Seals.

The Christmas Seals are sponsored by what non-profit org- organization?

Uh, MDA.