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The 2009
deadline has passed. Our next
deadline will be April 1, 2010.
Please check back in September for
the 2010 grant application.
Congratulations to the 2008
Community Service Grant Recipients:
Deb Charleston,
Hospice at Home, St. Joseph, MI,
“Care for caregivers,” $5,000
Lori
Ruth Kalvert,
Project PAEAN/Breathing Project, New
York, NY, “Project PAEAN: massage as
mental wellness tool: a
collaboration to return to balance
through touch,” $5,000
Juana Leandry, PRAXIS
Housing Initiatives, Inc., New York,
NY, “Healing touch: massage therapy
for the homeless,” $4,500
Sponsored in part by a grant to
the Foundation from BIOTONE
Heather O’Leary,
Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago,
IL, “Increasing mother-infant
interaction, decreasing depression:
teaching infant massage to mothers
with symptoms of postpartum
depression,” $2,283.00
Betsy Queen, Mount
Carmel Health System, Columbus, OH,
“Gentle touch and complementary
massage,” $5,000
Lorene Reano, Santo
Domingo Tribe, Santo Domingo Pueblo,
NM, “Hands to promote health,”
$4,999
Alicia Recore, St.
Peter’s Hospital, Albany, NY, “Rub
it! Simple massage techniques to
alleviate common ailments of
seniors,” $2,200
Alisher
Sharipov, Medical Teams
International, Tashkent, Uzbekistan,
“Uzbekistan Orphanage Massage
Therapy Training,” $5,000
Susan Weeks, Health
Care is a Human Right (HCHR),
Saugerties, NY, “Health care is a
human right: free bodywork and
holistic clinic for homeless
individuals,” $4,980
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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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