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.
Easterseals 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 Easterseals’ 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 Easterseals 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 Easterseals services supported through the CVS Caremark All Kids Can™ Fund.
2007 Recipients:
Austin -- Easter Seals Central Texas
Birmingham -- Easter Seals Alabama
Cleveland -- Easterseals Northeast Ohio
Detroit -- Easter Seals Michigan
Hartford -- Easterseals Greater Hartford Rehab Center
Los Angeles -- Easter Seals Southern California
Miami -- Easterseals Southern Florida
New York City -- Easter Seals New York
Phoenix -- Easterseals Southwest Human Development
Tampa -- Easter Seals Florida
Washington, D.C. -- Easterseals Greater Washington-Baltimore Region
2006 Recipients:
Atlanta -- Easter Seals North Georgia
Boston -- Easter Seals Massachusetts
Charlotte -- Easterseals UCP North Carolina
Chicago -- Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago
Chicago -- Easterseals DuPage and the Fox Valley Region
Columbus -- Easter Seals Central and Southeast Ohio
Dallas -- Easterseals Greater Dallas
Fort Worth -- Easterseals Greater Northwest Texas
Indianapolis -- Easterseals Crossroads
Philadelphia -- Easter Seals Southeastern Pennsylvania
Richmond -- Easterseals Virginia
Together, Easterseals and CVS Caremark will make 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, Easterseals 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 Easterseals. "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 Easterseals. As a national partner in the CVS Caremark All Kids Can™ Program, we at Easterseals 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 Easterseals.
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