Easter Seals Southwest Florida Receives Grants to Support Children and Caregivers

Coconut Telegraph

Easter Seals Southwest Florida received a $25,000 grant from Bank of America to fund its Children’s Therapy program. The funds will be used to provide speech, occupational therapy, physical therapy and early intervention services to children in Sarasota County whose parents are unable to afford these services. Easter Seals Southwest Florida also received a $7,000 grant from the Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch to  support Project Rainbow, an in-home respite program that provides temporary relief for families or caregivers of children with disabilities by providing a safe environment where kids have time to be kids and parents/caregivers have time to be independent adults.

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