1965 Perf Error Easter Seal Block # 1977

1977
1965 Perf Error Easter Seal Block
Top left corner block incorrectly perfed
 Mint never hinged, perfed in the wrong place
The organization that would become Easter Seals was founded by Edgar Allen,
 an Ohio-businessman who lost his son in a streetcar crash.
The lack of adequate medical services available to save his son prompted
 Allen to sell his business and begin a fund-raising campaign to build a
 hospital in his hometown of Elyria, Ohio. That hospital continues to
operate today as Elyria Memorial Hospital. After the hospital was built,
Allen learned that children with disabilities were often hidden from
public view. Inspired by this discovery, in 1919 he founded what would
become the National Society for Crippled Children,
the first organization of its kind.
In the spring of 1934, the organization launched its first
"seals" campaign to raise money for its services after funding declined
during the Great Depression. To show support for the program, donors
purchased the seals and placed them on envelopes and letters, in
addition to normal postage. Cleveland Plain Dealer cartoonist
J.H. Donahey designed the first seal. Donahey based the design on a
concept of simplicity because those served by the charity asked "simply
for the right to live a normal life." The overwhelming public support
for the seals campaign raised $47,000, over twice the annual budget,
and triggered a nationwide expansion of the organization and a swell
of grassroots efforts on behalf of people with disabilities. In 1944,
the organization broadened its mission to help adults and achieved
a nationwide reach by 1950..
 
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