What's New Archives - Easter Seals Ontario

March 2021 – Message from Kevin Collins, President & CEO

Earlier this week we launched March is Easter Seals Month, our annual fundraising and awareness campaign. I hope you will join us in spreading awareness and bringing attention to the challenges faced by children and youth with physical disabilities. This month marks one full year of families struggling to cope with a lack of personal care, therapy, and respite support as a … [Read more...]

Tonic Blooms

Blooms that Give Back! Throughout March, $5 from each daffodil plant will support Easter Seals in helping children with physical disabilities succeed. This sunny yellow daffodil plant arrives in its bud form and will take up to two weeks to grow and bloom. Watching it transform over the coming days is part of the fun! Caring for your daffodil plant is easy, all it needs … [Read more...]

Easter Seals Raffles

Easter Seals Battle of the Cards Draw date: Friday, February 26, 2021 License Number: M816093 Thank you to everyone who supported the "Easter Seals Battle of the Cards" in support of children and youth with physical disabilities. Congratulations to the following winning teams: 1st place: Sandos Caracol Eco Crew 2nd place: Strathvegas Booze Hounds 3rd place: Team … [Read more...]

Media Release: Kids with Physical Disabilities Struggling Through the Pandemic

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KIDS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES STRUGGLING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC Easter Seals Ontario kicks off its annual fundraising and awareness campaign Toronto, ON, March 1, 2021 – Easter Seals Ontario, now in its 99th year of operation, kicks off its annual campaign, March is Easter Seals Month, with a goal of bringing heightened awareness of the increased … [Read more...]

Imagine a baby so small you could hold him in the palm of your hand.

That was Ethan six years ago when he was born weighing only 880 grams at five months and 25 days. No one thought he would survive – but he did. During that first year his mother Angela became concerned: “You would lift him up to stand when you were playing with him and he was holding your fingers, but there was no strength in his legs, you could feel he wasn’t putting weight … [Read more...]