If you follow BridgingApps and/or Easter Seals Greater Houston on social media, you’ve no doubt heard of Walk With Me, our annual fundraising event. April 12 was Easter Seals’ 14th Walk With Me, at the Houston Zoo, and we were blessed with beautiful spring weather and over 4,000 participants.
If you were one of those participants—or a donor or sponsor—thank you for supporting our work. And thank you for helping make possible the “good time that was had by all,” complete with refreshments, face-painting, games, assistive-tech demos, and tickets to the Zoo!
Good news if you somehow missed April 12: Walk With Me 2025 will continue to collect donations through next month. We’re aiming for a minimum of $1 million raised by May 31, and are already well over halfway to that goal. See Walk With Me’s Make a Donation and Get Involved pages.
What You’re Funding
Easter Seals Greater Houston (ESGH) is an affiliate of the national Easterseals network, which has been serving and empowering people with disabilities since 1934. ESGH was founded in 1947. We emphasize comprehensive services for all disabilities, including:
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Cerebral palsy
- Down syndrome
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Any other physical, intellectual, neurological, sensory, or mental-health disability
(Bit of trivia: While no official list is available covering all recognized disabilities, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act includes 13 primary categories; other sources, up to 21. Our Youth2Adult transition resource uses 15 categories:
- ADHD/ADD/Learning Disabilities
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Blind/Visual Impairment
- Brain Injury
- Cerebral Palsy
- Chronic Illness
- Deaf/Hard of Hearing
- Developmental Delay/Disabilities
- Down Syndrome
- Intellectual/Cognitive Disabilities
- Medically Fragile
- Mental Health/Illness
- Multiple Disabilities/Genetic Disorder
- Physically Limited/Wheelchair User
- Speech Disorder and Language Impairment)
ESGH also provides services for caregivers and families—including nondisabled siblings, who are often overlooked among the many people affected by disability in a household.
Our Top Sponsors
Special thanks to Walk With Me’s professional partners who go above and beyond, including:
- Presenting Sponsor Prosperity Bank
- Panther Patron Quanta Services, Inc. (known for emphasizing “the power of people” and a “culture of diversity”)
- Panther Patron Texas Children’s Hospital (also a longtime partner of BridgingApps; their people are regular visitors to our Assistive Technology Lab)
Don’t Miss Out!
Again, you can donate to Walk With Me (as often as you want) through the website, anytime through May 31. Watch BridgingApps’ social media for updates: