{"id":251690,"date":"2026-07-25T05:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T05:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/251690\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T05:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T05:42:09","slug":"easterseals-child-development-center-showcases-new-accessible-playground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/251690\/","title":{"rendered":"Easterseals Child Development Center showcases new accessible playground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lockhaven.com\/news\/community\/\" class=\"article_cat_label\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Community<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Easterseals-CDC-After-Playground-Picture-338x300.webp\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>PHOTOS PROVIDED<br \/>\nPictured is the after of the Easterseals Child Development Center\u2019s new accessible playground space.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Easterseals-CDC-Before-Playground-Picture-225x300.webp\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>PHOTOS PROVIDED<br \/>\nPictured is the before of the Easterseals Child Development Center\u2019s new accessible playground space.<\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1233955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTOS PROVIDED<br \/>Pictured is the before of the Easterseals Child Development Center&#8217;s new accessible playground space.<\/p>\n<p>STATE COLLEGE &#8212; Easterseals Lance and Ellen Shaner Child Development Center has a second accessible playground thanks to funding from local foundations and community support. Funding for a rubber-bonded playground surface was provided by Centre Foundation&#8217;s Centre Pact and Field of Interest grants, 100+ Women Who Care, Walmart Spark Good Local Grants and Willow Playworks. In addition, Centre County United Way Women United contributed a grant to purchase new playground toys and equipment.<\/p>\n<p>The playground&#8217;s surface was bumpy and became muddy after rain or snow. Children with disabilities had difficulty using walking aids around the playground. Now the rubber-bonded surface is smooth, and children of all abilities can play equitably.<\/p>\n<p>Easterseals Child Development Center provides inclusive childcare and preschool services for children of all abilities. For more information about Easterseals Child Development Center, contact the director, Carrie Johnson, at 814-238-4434. Easterseals Western and Central Pennsylvania is leading the way to 100% equity, inclusion and access for people with disabilities, their families and communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Community PHOTOS PROVIDED Pictured is the after of the Easterseals Child Development Center\u2019s new accessible playground space. PHOTOS&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-251690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}