Safeway Eastern Division Raises Over One Million Dollars for People With Disabilities:...

Safeway Eastern Division Raises Over One Million Dollars for People With
Disabilities: Easter Seals Hosts 'Thanks a Million Tea Party'

WHO: Easter Seals Greater Washington-Baltimore Region and Safeway Inc.
www.gwbr.easterseals.com

WHAT: "Thanks a Million Event Tea Party" -- Easter Seals thanks Safeway
Eastern Division for raising over a million dollars to support programs
serving people with disabilities.

After a successful fundraising campaign in April, which raised $692,000 for
Easter Seals clients -- The Safeway Foundation sponsored the 21st Annual
Pro-Am Golf Tournament in June and raised an additional $435,815.00 for a
grand total of $1,127,815.00.

Young children will "host" the tea party at the new Child Development Center
in Maryland (slated to open late summer) as a way of saying "thanks" to
Safeway for supporting Easter Seals. The center is part of Easter Seals new
Intergenerational Center -- housing an Adult Day Services Center, a Child
Development Center, Assistive Technology Center and a Caregiver Resource
Center in addition to the regional headquarters offices.

Visuals: Posters created by the children depicting how big "one million"
actually is.

Special Guest: Congressman Chris Van Hollen
WHEN: Monday June 16, 2008 at 10 a.m.

WHERE: Easter Seals Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Inter-Generational Center
1420 Spring Street, Silver Spring, MD 20910

DIRECTIONS & PARKING: 495 to Georgia Avenue South toward downtown Silver
Spring. Right on Spring Street, left on Second, and immediate left into the
Easter Seals parking garage. Enter at front of building.

From DC: 16th Street to Spring Street (just as you cross into Maryland, this
will be the second light) turn right onto Spring and right onto Second.
Parking garage will be on your left. Enter at front of building.

Easter Seals Greater Washington-Baltimore Region provides comprehensive
services for children and adults with disabilities and their families in
Maryland, Northern Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Easter Seals' three
core services include early education and care for children with and without
disabilities, adult and senior day services, and home and community-based
therapy services.

www.gwbr.easterseals.com

CONTACT: Judy Miller of Easter Seals Greater Washington-Baltimore Region,
+1-301-920-9707, cell: +1-240-723-5031, jmiller@eseal.org

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- June 19/

SOURCE Easter Seals Greater Washington-Baltimore Region