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The 2012 grant application
process is now open! The deadline is
April 1, 2012.
View the Guidelines
Submit a Community Service Grant
Application
Congratulations to the 2011
Community Service Grant Recipients:
Free Fulfillment
Fermin Flores
Exodus Transitional Community,
Brooklyn, New York
$5,000
Sponsored in part by a gift from
AMTA Arizona Chapter
Integrating Massage with La Clinica
de la Mariposa
Dale Healey, DC
Northwestern Health Sciences
University, Bloomington, Minnesota
$4,800
Sponsored in part by a gift from Biotone
Touching Lives
Tieasha James
Bee Busy Wellness Center, Houston,
Texas
$5,000
Sponsored in part by a gift from Biotone
Soothing our Senior Clients
Ellisa Lee
SAGE Eldercare’s Home Care Massage
Therapy, Summit, New Jersey
$5,000
Massage Therapy for Orphans in Japan
Tina Allen
Liddle Kidz Foundation, Vancouver,
Washington
$5,000
Sponsored in part by a gift from
AMTA Massachusetts Chapter
View
the Grant Project Summaries from
2011-1993
Community Service Grant
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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