Community
Service Grants:
Mary Fabri, Heartland
Alliance for Human Needs and
Human Rights, “Massage
Therapy for Torture
Survivors”, $4,620
Kathryn Greschner,
Cornerstone Ministries,
Inc., "Ventures in
Therapeutic Massage for
Developmentally Disabled
Adults", $4,890
Sponsored in part by a grant
to the Foundation from
BIOTONE
Cynthia Price, Alternative
Healthcare Access Campaign,
“Bodywork for the Homeless”,
$5,000
Leah Prussia, White Earth
Land Recovery Project,
“Mino-Ayaan: Be Well
Community Health Project”,
$5,000
Ann Charles-Craft, Virginia
Commonwealth University,
“Massage Therapy for
Post-Operative Gynecology
and Gynecology-Oncology
Patients”, $5,000
Sponsored in part by a grant
to the Foundation from
BIOTONE
Jason Gillman, Salt Lake
Community College, "Massage
Outreach Program for Single
Parents of Salt Lake
Community College", $5,000.
Research Grants:
Patricia Janssen, University
of British Columbia,
"Massage Therapy and Labour
Outcomes: a
Randomized Controlled
Trial", $19,984
Sharon Kilbreath, University
of Sydney, “The Effects of
Massage Therapy in Women
with Mild Lymphedema”,
$20,000
Diane Sliz, Carleton
University, “Neural Correlates
of Massage Therapy”, $20,000
Vonda Jump, Utah State
University, “Health Benefits
of Infant Massage for
Infants in Indian
Orphanages”, $19,997
Congratulations to the grant
recipients and thank you for
continuing to advance the
massage therapy profession.