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CVS Caremark Marks Ninth Year as National Premier Sponsor of Easter
Seals' Walk With Me Event
CHICAGO, March 31, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- CVS Caremark will
be the National Premier Sponsor of Easter SealsWalk With Me in 2014 -
its ninth straight year. Demonstrating its continued commitment to
children with disabilities and their families through the All Kids
CanT Program, CVS Caremark and tens of thousands of its colleagues
nationwide have raised nearly $10 million through Walk With Me to
support local Easter Seals services throughout the years.
Walk With Me is Easter Seals' national signature fundraising event
that raises millions of dollars annually to support local services
which change the lives of children and adults living with Autism
Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other disabilities. "We are so proud of
our long-standing partnership with Easter Seals through our CVS
Caremark All Kids Can Program. Together, we have helped thousands of
children on their path to better health," said Eileen Howard Boone,
Senior Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility & Philanthropy,
CVS Caremark. "We are equally proud of our CVS Caremark colleagues who
continue, through Walk With Me, to volunteer and raise money to
ensu.re local Easter Seals services are available to children and
families in communities in which our colleagues live and work
nationwide."
Since its introduction in 2005, CVS Caremark All Kids Can has
committed more than $60 million in support of nonprofit organizations
that provide innovative programs and services as part of its
commitment to making life easier for children of all abilities.
Through All Kids Can, CVS Caremark, its private foundation The CVS
Caremark Charitable Trust and 200,000 colleagues nationwide have
helped make a positive impact in the lives of nearly 20 million people
by providing children of all abilities with opportunities for play and
physical activities, access to health care services, education and
resources focused on helping children of all abilities on their path
to better health.
To learn more about Walk With Me, visit www.WalkWithMe.org. To learn
more about CVS Caremark's partnership with Easter Seals, visit
http://www.cvsallkidscan.com/partners/easter-seals.
About Easter Seals Easter Seals is the leading non-profit provider of
services for individuals with autism, developmental disabilities,
physical disabilities and other special needs. For nearly 100 years,
Easter Seals has been offering help and hope to children and adults
living with disabilities, and to the families who love them. Through
therapy, training, education and support services, Easter Seals
creates life-changing solutions so that people with disabilities can
live, learn, work and play. Visit www.easterseals.com.
About CVS Caremark CVS Caremark is dedicated to helping people on
their path to better health as the largest integrated pharmacy company
in the United States. Through the company's more than 7,600
CVS/pharmacy stores; its leading pharmacy benefit manager serving more
than 60 million plan members; and its retail health clinic system, the
largest in the nation with more than 800 MinuteClinic locations, it is
a market leader in mail order, retail and specialty pharmacy, retail
clinics, and Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans. As a pharmacy
innovation company with an unmatched breadth of capabilities, CVS
Caremark continually strives to improve health and lower costs by
developing new approaches such as its unique Pharmacy Advisor program
that helps people with chronic diseases, such as diabetes, obtain and
stay on their medications. Find more information about how CVS
Caremark is reinventing pharmacy for better health at
info.cvscaremark.com.
About CVS Caremark All Kids Can CVS Caremark All Kids CanT, a program
of the CVS Caremark Charitable Trust and supported by CVS Caremark, is
a commitment to making life easier for children of all abilities.
Through this signature program, CVS Caremark and the Trust will
support nonprofit organizations that provide innovative programs and
services in local communities focused on helping children of all
abilities on their path to better health. For more information on how
CVS Caremark is helping people on their path to better health, please
visit http://info.cvscaremark.com/healthier-communities.
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SOURCE Easter Seals
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/CONTACT: Sharon Watson, Easter Seals, 312.551.7142, swatson@easterseals.com, Joanne Dwyer, CVS Caremark, 401.770.2898, Joanne.dwyer@cvscaremark.com
/Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110401/MM76153LOGO
/Web Site: http://www.easterseals.com
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