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The 2010 Community Service Grant
Guidelines and Application are now
available.
The next deadline to apply is April
1, 2010.
2010 Community Service Grant
Guidelines
2010 Community Service Grant
Application
Congratulations to the 2009
Community Service Grant Recipients!
Shane Convery, Immune
Enhancement Project, "Helping Hands
Community Massage", $5,000.
Amy Eusebio, Congreso de
Latinos Unidos, "Healing Hands for
HIV/AIDS", $5,000.
Sponsored in part by a grant to
the Foundation from Biotone
Jennifer Greene,
Kaleida Health/Women and Children's
Hospital of Buffalo, "Bonding with
Baby Program", $4,992.
Sponsored in part
by a grant to the Foundation from
Biotone
Susan Raszweski,
West Central Texas
Council of Government, "Massage Does
a Body Good", $4998.55.
Sponsored in part by a grant to
the Foundation from Biotone
View Summaries of the 2009 Community
Service Grants
View Summaries of all
Community
Service Grants;
1993-2009
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General Information The Foundation
Community Service grants
are awarded to
organizations that seek
to provide massage
therapy to communities
or groups who currently
have little or no access
to such services. This
program is designed to
promote working
partnerships between the
massage therapy
profession and
community-based
organizations. It
benefits the recipient,
the massage therapist,
and the sponsoring
organization by building
stronger relationships
between these parties.
The Community Service
deadline is April 1,
annually. The
normal award for 12
months is $500-$5000 and
must be used in the
specific time period for
which it has been
awarded. These grants
are available for
organizations or
affiliates of
organizations that have
been in existence for at
least one year in the
respective state or
province; are tax-exempt
under schedule 501(c)(3)
in the U.S., non-profit
charitable organization
in other countries;
currently provide some
therapeutic or other
service programs to the
community; and have
designated a qualified
staff member to oversee
the program.
Thoughts
from our Grant Recipients:
"I truly feel that massage
should not be limited to those that can afford it and
that massage therapy is not limited to the spa setting.
All people deserve the benefits of massage therapy."
-
Jennifer Anderson, "The
HANDS ON Project" Project Leader and 2004 Community
Service Grant Recipient
"Imagine that your loved
one's health has declined due to Alzheimer's disease or
some other debilitating factor, and now you are the sole
caregiver, round the clock, 24 hours a day. Not only
must you assume the household and financial
responsibilities, but your loved one is in need of your
assistance all of the time. Thanks to funding from the
Massage Therapy Foundation, we are able to offer a newly
designed program for caregivers, The Caregiver Respite
Retreats. Using natural resources that Oregon has to
offer, the retreats were designed so that participants
could share in physically and mentally stimulating
activities that improve their physical, mental,
psycho-social, and spiritual well-being."
- Edie
Seyl, "Caregiver Respite Retreats" Project Leader and
2004 Community Service Grant Recipient |
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