Safeway and Easter Seals working together


Posted by Beth Finke on November 4th, 2009

An article in Reuters last week touts Safeway Inc. for the generous grants it gives to Easter Seals to empower children and adults with autism and other disabilities.

Safeway executives unveiled the 2009 Safeway Foundation’s Empowerment Grant award winners during Easter Seals’ annual convention in Washington, D.C., granting $1 million to expand programs across the country that measurably improve …Read More » »

A Wider World for kids with autism


Posted by Matt McAlear on September 2nd, 2009

Earlier this year Easter Seals Bay Area was contacted by the PBS show A Wider World. Roger McCarville, the show’s host, had heard about Easter Seals …Read More » »

Safeway earns Easter Seals’ All-Time Top Corporate Partner designation


Posted by Beth Finke on May 22nd, 2009

Easter Seals recently designated Safeway Inc. its All-Time Top Corporate Partner. Man oh man, do they deserve that honor!In their fundraising campaign during April (Autism Awareness Month), Safeway invited customers to support Easter Seals services for people with autism and other disabilities at checkout. In just one month, Safeway raised $8,824,141! Safeway employees also raised an additional …Read More » »

Sandra Lee & Easter Seals help make meal-time ease a must for parents


Posted by Patricia Wright on April 3rd, 2009

Easter Seals is thrilled to be featured in the latest April/May issue of Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade Magazine! Here’s an excerpt:
Offering hugs from her heart is only one of the ways that Sandra is pitching in at the Easter Seals. To help …Read More » »

Safeway’s family of stores launch April campaign for Easter Seals … a perfect time to stop in, shop and say thank you


Posted by Jim Williams on March 31st, 2009

Today, as Safeway and its family of stores across the U.S. and Canada officially launch their annual cause-marketing campaign to support Easter Seals this April, it’s a perfect time for Easter Seals staff, volunteers, donors and client families to stop in, shop and …Read More » »

Why I like shopping at Safeway


Posted by Beth Finke on October 14th, 2008

Every year, the U.S. Department of Labor gives the SPIRIT Award to an individual with a disability or an organization demonstrating leadership and “an unyielding commitment to achieving success.” There are over 1,700 Safeway stores across the United States and Canada, and Safeway’s national workforce includes over 10,000 employees with autism and other disabilities.

So it was no surprise to …Read More » »

Maurice reports in from Celebration of Giving


Posted by Maurice Snell on May 22nd, 2008

Every May Easter Seals honors its corporate partners at Celebration of Giving. This year when we gathered in Las Vegas we learned that Safeway led the way towards the Easter Seals corporate partners combining to give more than $21 million to Easter Seals. Even though it was a horse race, it was no competition against each other as …Read More » »

Shop at Safeway and support Easter Seals


Posted by Beth Finke on April 14th, 2008

If you’ve been shopping at a Safeway grocery store this month you’ve noticed the employees don’t just tell you to “have a nice day.” They show you how!

For the third year in a row, Safeway employees nationwide are asking customers at check-out if they’d like to make their April days nicer by contributing to Easter Seals.

Safeway Inc., one …Read More » »

Watching Maurice at work


Posted by Jim Williams on May 21st, 2007

Last Friday night I attended an Easter Seals event where our 2007 adult representative Maurice Snell played a prominent role — as presenter of an award to one of our leading corporate partners, Safeway.

Maurice stood at the podium in front of hundreds of people and was in complete control — of himself and especially the crowd. While his part …Read More » »

A great Celebration of Giving!


Posted by Maurice Snell on May 21st, 2007

I really enjoyed myself at the Easter Seals Celebration of Giving event a few days ago! Every year Easter Seals honors its corporate partners at this event. This year we gathered in Las Vegas.

I was fortunate to meet many people, especially former youth and adult representatives such as Marti Clark, Palmer Harston, Matty Gaughan, Ryan Odens, …Read More » »