Community Service

Your donations bring therapeutic massage to people in need. Since 1993, the Foundation has awarded almost $300,000 to practitioners and community service organizations.

We are please to offer the following guide to assist practitioners in providing massage in their communities:

Massage Therapy for the Underserved in Your Community: How to Launch a Successful and Sustainable Community Service Project


View Details on our Community Service Grant Program


Community Service Press Room:

Watch a video about how to get involved with our Community Service granting program

Download a slideshow on our community service granting program

"Charitable Hearts and Hands-Serving the Underserved" by Karrie Osborn - an article published in the March/April 2009 issue of Massage and Bodywork Magazine featuring several Massage Therapy Foundation funded community service projects.

"Ventures in Therapeutic Massage for Developmentally Disabled Adults" - This project led by Kathryn Greschner of Cornerstone Ministries, Inc. in Cumberland, WI is featured in the BIOTONE Winter 08/09 Catalogue.

"Paula Termini's Story" - an article published in the Summer 2008 issue of AMTA Florida Journal.  This article highlights a 2005 Massage Therapy Foundation community service grant entitled “Special Care for the Childbearing Year: Perinatal Massage”.

"The Hopevale Massage Therapy Project"  -  an article published in the Winter 2008 issue of the Journal of the Australian Association of Massage Therapists.  This project, funded by the Massage Therapy Foundation in 2006, promotes the health of marginalized communities through hands-on treatments.
 
 "Bodywork For The Homeless" by Cynthia Price - an article published in the Spring 2008 issue of Washington Massage Journal. It features a Foundation-funded community service project awarded to Alternative Healthcare Access Campaign in Seattle, WA in 2007.

View photos of this project.
 
"Connecting Passion and Community Service" by Jean Ives - an article published in the Fall 2007 issue of mtj on several past Massage Therapy Foundation community service grant recipients.

"Camp Hope" - an article published in mtj on 2006 grant recipient Nancy Smith providing therapeutic massage to pediatric burn survivors.

"Giving Expectant Moms the Gift of Touch" by Kelle Walsh - an article published in Massage Magazine on 2005 grant recipient Paula Termini and her project, "Special Care for the Childbearing Year: Perinatal Massage."

 "From Homelessness to substance abuse to domestic
 violence to mental illness, none are unscathed...the fact that
 our massage therapists have been able to establish healthy,
 trusting relationships with our women speaks volumes about
 their level of commitment on the journey to wellness."   
                                                             Erica Simpson, MS
                                  Community Service Grant Recipient

 
View more personal stories from our grant recipients