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80 Years - Decades of Difference

Our local Easterseals has changed thousands of lives over the past 80 years. Thanks to a supportive community, we're still empowering individuals with disabilities to achieve their dreams!

A 30-second look at 80 years

For 80 years, the Easterseals Rehabilitation Center has made profound differences in the lives of local children and adults with disabilities. From childhood therapies to adult services, Easterseals is where challenges turn into milestones, and milestones become limitless possibilities. Our future vision is a community where all individuals are accepted, valued, and have equal opportunity to achieve their dreams. Easterseals Rehabilitation Center. 80 years, decades of difference.

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Check out our list of highlights from the past 80 years. Every milestone has brought us closer to our vision of a community in which all individuals and families are accepted, valued and included, and have equal opportunity to achieve their goals, dreams and aspirations.

Look how we've grown

  • 35
    Number of Easterseals Rehabilitation Center staff in 1970
  • 55
    Number of staff in 1985
  • 278
    Number of staff in 2026