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May 2, 2014

What are YOU doing May 17?  

This day may just be the busiest day
in the history of ESNH events!
Whether you like to run, disco, help veterans, or love cool cars, we have something for you! Just click on the all of the events listed
below to get the scoop on everything!
What's Going On!

  

All States
Friendly's Serves Up Deliciousness & Donations Offer Extended!--Now through May 11, Friendly's Restaurants, will support Easter Seals Camp Friendly's through its annual Cones for Kids Campaign! Friendly's Restaurants will offer guests two ways to support Easter Seals. For a $1 donation, guests will receive a 10% discount card, valid through May 18. Or, a Kids Meal can be served on a Fun Friendly's Frisbee for a $2 donation. Friendly's Restaurants, has supported Easter Seals since 1981 with more than $28 million through Cones for Kids. Find a Friendly's restaurant near you! 

 

Coastal Fairfield County Connecticut

Walk With Me & 5K! - Join Us on May 17th at Sherwood Island State Park in the Main Pavilion for an exciting 2 mile family-fun-walk and our new competitive 5K run! Stick around for the giant pizza party sponsored by your favorite local pizzerias! Sign your fundraising team up or register for the 5K online today! Contact Kelley Ward for more information!

 

Swing Into Summer on 6/23! - This June we are back at Aspetuck Valley County Club's super exclusive golf course for the 3rd Annual Golf Classic! Join us for a beautiful day of golf, plus lunch, dinner, raffle, silent auction, and more. This is the perfect time to gather a group of colleagues, family, or your clients for one impressive day on the links! Contact Kelley Ward  for more information or to reserve your foursome!  

     
Maine  

In the market for a new car? Head to Bill Dodge! Throughout the month of May, Bill Dodge Auto Group will donate $100 for every car sold to Easter Seals Maine. We are grateful for their generous support and hope you'll encourage friends and family looking to buy a car this month to check them out!

 

Team Work Makes the Dreams Work! The Easter Seals Maine Culture Club has started meeting regularly with the goal of making Easter Seals the most unified and positive work environment! If you have any questions or suggestions for the Culture Club please contact Gail.

 

Let's Get Dirty! We're calling all volunteers to help our friends at the Dynamic Dirt Challenge! The Dynamic Dirt Challenge is a hardcore, 4+ mile obstacle course taking place on Sunday, June 1st and they've asked us to help secure some volunteers for registration, parking attendants, monitoring obstacles, water stops etc. All volunteers will receive a t-shirt and can participate in the after party (those 21+ need id/those under 18 who want to volunteer need a parent or guardian to sign a permission form). If you have any questions or you'd like to volunteer, please contact Kelly today!

 

New Hampshire   

The Walk website is OPEN for Team Sign Ups!  Sign up your team today at:  www.walkwithme.org/manchester (you may also register as an individual walker, or sponsor another team).  Help Easter Seals make this the largest walk yet and spread the word to family and friends!  Be sure to include friends who love to ZUMBA, as there is a FREE one-hour Zumba Fitness Master Class at the walk this year!

  

Pack & Boots 5K Road Race--Join us for the 2nd Annual Pack & Boots 5K Road Race. For 2014 we have a new flat and fast USATF certified course that is now part of the Run Portsmouth Road Race series and we now encourage walkers to register for our 5K. We are also proud to once again offer a separate 1 mile Survival Run which requires participants to wear boots and carry a pack containing 10% of their body weight (participants provide their own boots and pack). Both races honor our current and former service members and all the proceeds are donated to Veterans Count. To register click here!

 

Go Casual for a Cause - Team Willa is hosting TWO Casual for a Cause days at our Auburn Street office! For a $5 donation you can dress casually (but business appropriate) on Friday, May 9th or Friday, May 30th...or both days for a $10 donation! Your donations will be accepted each morning in the lobby and you will receive a special sticker indicating your support of Team Willa. Willa and her mom, Bethany who works in the Child Development Center at Auburn Street, will certainly appreciate your support! Questions? Email Colleen today!

 

New York   

Journey for Hope Gala to be held on Thursday, May 8, 2014 at the historic 4 World Trade Center. 

 

Date: 

Thursday, May 8th

Time:

 6:30pm-Reception | 7:30pm-Program and Dinner

Place:

 Historic 4 World Trade Center.

 

The evening's program will include an awards presentation that will allow Easter Seals New York to honor some of New York's most dedicated philanthropists. We hope you will join us in celebrating the evening with us and highlight all of the wonderful contributions made by leaders of our community. Entertainment by famed vocalist Colin Hay. Join us in honoring the winners of the Lilli and Allan Shedlin Award, Heffernan Insurance Brokers. We are also awarding the Outstanding Citizenship Award to Hightower and presenting posthumously the Edgar F. Allen Political Service Leadership Award to the family of Governor Hugh L. Carey. A wide variety of sponsorship opportunities are available, including table and individual seat sales.  For more information about this event, please visit the Journey for Hope Gala Web site, or contact Hayrim Byun.

 

Rhode Island  

Walk With Me RI is right around the corner! Save the date for Saturday, May 10, at Goddard Park in Warwick. In honor of Mother's Day we will be celebrating all Moms! To register as a team or individual please click here!

 

Vermont

VIP Comes to an End, But it's Not TOO Late! Our annual VIP Campaign is about to wrap up, but if you'd like to support Easter Seals Vermont you can still do something small that will make a BIG impact! Sign up for payroll deduction today! Even just a few dollars from each paycheck goes a long way! Consider skipping that coffee one morning each week and putting the money towards the families we serve! If you have any questions please contact Ginny today.