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Don't Miss the 2013 NY Metro Abilities Expo |
Friday 5/3 - Sunday 5/5

The Abilities Expo is the trusted source where people with disabilities, their families, seniors, vets, caregivers and healthcare professionals gain knowledge and empowerment (and have a little fun!).

For more than 30 years, Abilities Expo has also provided an excellent forum for companies with disability products and services to reach out and enhance the lives of the community and features great products, free workshops, and fun events.

This year, Easter Seals New Jersey will be hosting a workshop on "Being Well! Feeling Well! A Way of Life", presented by Laura O'Reilly, Assistant Vice President of Health and Wellness.

Laura joined the organization in 2011 and created Be Well! & Thrive™, a health and wellness education and exercise program for Easter Seals program participants. She is a member of the Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association, a Board Member of New Jersey Local Boards of Health Association, and leads The Mayor’s Wellness Committee in Mount Arlington, NJ. Laura is also the author of the book “Get Fit To Go”, and hundreds of articles for newspapers around the US and online.

The workshop will be held on Friday 5/3 from 2:30-3:30 pm, and Easter Seals NJ will have a booth on the exhibit floor throughout the expo (Friday 5/3 through Sunday 5/5). For more information, visit www.abilitiesexpo.com/newyork/index.html.

Recent Happenings

Holiday Express Makes the Season Brighter for Easter Seals Program Participants!

Every year, Easter Seals participants are blessed to receive a visit from Holiday Express – a group whose mission is to deliver music, food, gifts, financial support and friendship to those with the greatest need for the gift of human kindness during the holiday season and throughout the year.

Founded in 1993 by restaurateur Tim McLoone, Holiday Express is a non-profit organization comprised of more than 1,300 volunteers – including 80+ professional musicians – that travels throughout the Tri-State area in November and December bringing approximately 50 "interactive private parties" to groups who might otherwise be overlooked during the holiday season. Holiday Express 2012 2

The interactive holiday parties consist of a rock 'n' roll band providing live holiday music, costumed characters, choreographed parodies, crafts, games, food, good cheer, gifts and lots of hugs for adults and children who are physically and mentally disabled, living with AIDS or homeless, as well as the isolated elderly and others in need.

For more information about Holiday Express, visit holidayexpress.org.

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