Extra Special People, Inc. : In The News

  • Apr 2, 2019
    Posted by: Haley Lacuesta

    Pumping Iron with Extra Fitness: Active lifestyles for all abilities

    We’ve all heard it before; exercise is essential for a healthy life. While meeting those healthy standards can be difficult for anyone, it’s especially complicated for people in the disability community. Unfortunately, ob...

  • Feb 19, 2019
    Posted by: Haley Lacuesta

    Our Heavy Hitters & Home Runs: Big Hearts 2019 Recap

    “The world says you can’t, but I say you can. Great moments are born from great opportunities..” -Hal “Coach” Freeman, The Hipsters When ESP began planning for Big Hearts at Bat in August of 2018, we set a goal of mak...
  • Sep 26, 2018
    Posted by: Haley Lacuesta

    Small Moments, Big Impacts

    Last month, ESP finally got to share our big secret. ESP spent the summer building a relationship with The Miracle League with the vision of bringing a fully-accessible baseball complex right here to our Athens...
  • Sep 25, 2018
    Posted by: Haley Lacuesta

    Creating Moments at ESP LEADS

    Two of the most important values to Extra Special People are community and growth; qualities that are seen in every program and event that our cast and crew work so hard to implement. However, the Big 3, afterschool programs ...
  • Oct 1, 2015

    Making the Most of Fall

    As the constant rain drifts out of the forecast and the weather seems to be looking up, it’s finally time to enjoy everything that fall has to offer! Although we all remember the summers from our childhood, I tend to think ba...
  • Aug 1, 2012

    ESP Director Laura Whitaker profiled in UGA's The Graduate School Magazine

    If the above embed doesn’t work for you, click here to read the article online.
  • Jul 19, 2012

    Athens Talks About ESP

    Katie & Ashley of AthensTalks.com came to visit ESP summer camp. Here’s a video of their visit: Read their full article here.