Easter Seals and Children with Disabilities Benefit from the CVS Caremark All Kids Can™ Program

CVS Caremark and the CVS Caremark Charitable Trust are making a tremendous difference in the lives of children with disabilities through the CVS Caremark All Kids Can™ Program, a five-year, multi-million dollar commitment to make life easier for children with disabilities.

Through CVS Caremark All Kids Can™, CVS Caremark and its private foundation are supporting programs and services in local communities to assure that children with disabilities learn, play and succeed in life; to provide health and medical rehabilitation services; to foster a heightened level of inclusion in schools, extracurricular programs and other areas of life; to build barrier-free play areas so children of all abilities can play side-by-side; and to create opportunities which deliver greater access to recreation and play.

Easter Seals is honored to be selected as one of three national nonprofit partners in the CVS Caremark All Kids Can™ Program. Through the partnership, CVS Caremark will serve as the National Premiere Sponsor of Easter Seals’ Walk With Me event in 2008, engaging its more than 190,000 associates nationwide through support and participation.

Additionally, the CVS Caremark Charitable Trust has established the CVS Caremark All Kids Can™ Fund to support Easter Seals services in key CVS communities nationwide to assure that children with disabilities receive the critical services they need to learn and succeed in life.

Children with disabilities in the following communities are benefiting from Easter Seals services supported through the CVS Caremark All Kids Can™ Fund.

2008 Recipients:

• Columbus -- Easter Seals Central and Southeast Ohio
• Dallas -- Easter Seals North Texas
• Indianapolis -- Easter Seals Crossroads
• Los Angeles -- Easter Seals Southern California
• Miami -- Easter Seals South Florida
• New York -- Easter Seals New York
• Phoenix -- Easter Seals Southwest Human Development
• Pittsburgh -- Easter Seals Western Pennsylvania
• Raleigh -- Easter Seals UCP North Carolina
• Topeka -- Easter Seals Capper Foundation

2007 Recipients:

• Austin -- Easter Seals Central Texas
• Birmingham -- Easter Seals Alabama
• Cleveland -- Easter Seals Northeast Ohio
• Detroit -- Easter Seals Michigan
• Hartford -- Easter Seals Greater Hartford Rehab Center
• Los Angeles -- Easter Seals Southern California
• Miami -- Easter Seals Southern Florida
• New York City -- Easter Seals New York
• Phoenix -- Easter Seals Southwest Human Development
• Tampa -- Easter Seals Florida
• Washington, D.C. -- Easter Seals Greater Washington-Baltimore Region

2006 Recipients:

• Atlanta -- Easter Seals North Georgia
• Boston -- Easter Seals Massachusetts
• Charlotte -- Easter Seals UCP North Carolina
• Chicago -- Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago
• Chicago -- Easter Seals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region
• Columbus -- Easter Seals Central and Southeast Ohio
• Dallas -- Easter Seals Greater Dallas
• Fort Worth -- Easter Seals Greater Northwest Texas
• Indianapolis -- Easter Seals Crossroads
• Philadelphia -- Easter Seals Southeastern Pennsylvania
• Richmond -- Easter Seals Virginia

Together, Easter Seals and CVS Caremark are making a significant difference in the lives of children with disabilities throughout the country, providing them with the resources and services they need to learn, play and succeed in life.
 
"For nearly 90 years, Easter Seals has worked diligently to make sure people with disabilities have equal opportunities to live, learn, work and play in their communities. We know what's possible for children with disabilities and their families," said James E. Williams, president and CEO of Easter Seals. "Through exceptional services, dedication, and a lot of heart, we partner with families to create solutions that can change their lives. For eight years, CVS Caremark and the CVS Caremark Charitable Trust have been critical partners to Easter Seals. As a national partner in the CVS Caremark All Kids Can™ Program, we at Easter Seals look forward to working with CVS Caremark to bring innovative opportunities to children with disabilities through the initiative."

About CVS Caremark
CVS Caremark is the nation’s premier integrated pharmacy services provider, combining one of the nation’s leading pharmaceutical services companies with the country’s largest pharmacy chain. CVS Caremark fills or manages more than one billion prescriptions per year, more than any other pharmacy services provider. Through its 6,200 CVS/pharmacy stores; its pharmacy benefit management, mail order and specialty pharmacy division, Caremark Pharmacy Services; its retail-based health clinic subsidiary, MinuteClinic; and its online pharmacy, CVS.com, CVS Caremark is helping build healthier communities and is a model of corporate social responsibility. For more than a decade, CVS has been a corporate partner of Easter Seals.