Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Pre-Schoolers Hopping For Easter Seals

First Presbyterian Preschool in Prescott is participating in the 12th annual HOP-N-ING, a special project designed to help young children develop an understanding of disabilities and at the same time raise funds for Easter Seals.

HOP-N-ING encourages positive attitudes toward people with disabilities and provides fun for the youngsters. Rehabilitation specialists agree that frequently it's the attitudes of the able-bodied public that handicaps individuals, rather than the disability itself. Materials for the event include disability awareness coloring books and teachers' planning guides.

Children obtain pledges of five cents or more from friends and relatives for every hop they make in a three-minute timed period.

The school that raises the most money for Easter Seals wins a Macintosh computer donated by Harvest Foods.

For over 50 years, the Arkansas Easter Seal Society has been serving children and adults with disabilities in all 75 counties. Ninety-nine percent of the money riased stays in Arkansas to support Easter Seal programs, including a statewide outreach consulation that provides training and evaluation in the public schools; a preschool; three residential facilities; a technology resource center; an early intervention program with speech, physical and occupational therapies; a work center for vocationally disabled adults; advocacy; and public education.

For more information about HOP-N-NING for Easter Seals, call 1-800-527-2033.