Easter Seals Disability Services

Making a Difference Through Generous Giving

Easter Seals is blessed to have hundreds of loyal donors who believe in our mission of creating hope, help and answers for persons with special needs and the families who love them.  Please know that your financial gifts are used wisely to meet the needs of the over 10,800 local clients we serve.  Here are ways you can help!

Donate Online - Easter Seals' annual, board driven Campaign Independence allows you to help make life-changing services available to our most financially vulnerable children and adult clients through direct scholarships and tuition subsidies. Learn more about how your dollars are spent.

Donate by Mail - Prefer to donate via postal mail? Download and print a donation form.*

Presidents' Council - Friends contributing at the Presidents' Council level are making a vital difference - creating solutions that change lives. Your Presidents' Council investment through Campaign Independence on an annual basis can put hope within reach for families struggling to cope with a disability. Just imagine what your kindness can do...see the impact of your Presidents' Council giving.

 Become a Philanthropist -  Many people choose to include charitable interests in their long- range financial planning, and Easter Seals encourages and promotes this type of giving. Over  Easter Seals 55-year local history, hundreds of individual donors have done great and wonderful things to further our mission. These are just a few of the strategic initiatives in which your local Easter Seals is currently partnering with philanthropic investors…

Be an Easter Seals Champion -  Now you can create a personalized Web page and raise funds online on behalf of Easter Seals … and it’s easy! Honor a friend or family member, or tell your own story. Use text and pictures to tell others why you support Easter Seals, and why they should, too! You can also support other Champions -- like Joey Baldanza-- who have created Web pages to raise funds for Easter Seals.  Check out Joey’s page here!

Tributes and Memorials - You can honor someone special while ensuring that Easter Seals can celebrate your kindness in giving by continuing vital services. An acknowledgement card will be sent on your behalf to the individual being honored or to family members of the deceased.  Take a peek at our Holiday Tribute Wish List!!

Matching Gifts - Many companies offer matching gift programs to encourage employees to contribute to charitable organizations -- sometimes matching 100, 200, even 300 percent of your contribution!  If your employer offers a matching gift program, remember to follow your organizations matching gift process. 

Gift Planning - Gift planning involves integrating a donor's charitable gift into his or her overall financial, tax, and estate planning objectives so as to maximize benefits to both the donor and Easter Seals.  Contact us to learn more about alternate gift methods or specific programs. Easter seals can also offer charitable gift annuities, which provides a donor income for life.

For more information, please contact:
Susan Moor, Vice President of Gift Planning
Easter Seals, Volusia & Flagler
(386) 255-4568,ext 320

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