Volunteer Outreach Opportunities

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ABMP Members, if you’re seeking volunteers for an event you’re organizing, log in to the ABMP Members section and under Marketing Center select “Outreach and Volunteer Opportunities – Do you have an event you would like posted?”*

Special Olympics Chair Massage
Sponsor: Massage for EveryBody
Date: June 4, 2011
Location: Greeley, Colorado
Contact Name: Alicia O’Rourke
Contact Phone: 303-995-8840
Contact Email: Alicia@BestMassageForMe.com
Website: www.bestmassageforme.com</p>The event will run from 3-9pm with an hour break. Please have your own table or chair. I will be organizing a carpool for those in the Denver-Metro area.

We will be working on the Special Olympics athletes, their families, volunteers, and anyone else who wants touch. The more therapists, the merrier so please come along!

The Special Olympics (from their website) Dignity, acceptance, and a chance to reach one’s potential–these are human rights worth promoting for everyone. For more than four decades, Special Olympics has been bringing one message to the world: people with intellectual disabilities can and will succeed if given the opportunity.

Relay For Life – Billerica, Ma
Sponsor: America Cancer Society
Date: June 4th (12pm) to June 5th (7am)
Location: Lampson Recreation Complex – Billerica, Ma
Contact Name: Debora Fubel
Contact Phone: 978 663 3149
Contact Email: debbi@massagemebodyworks.com</p>massage ME & bodyworks, Inc. is a proud sponsor for “Relay for Life”. This event is a nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem. By the support of the community.

The teams who will be participating have found sponsorship and raised money for the American Cancer Society. They will be walking the track for 24hrs.

massage ME & bodyworks, Inc. will be at this event supporting all participates and giving out massages; for non-participates we will be charging $1/minute & all proceeds will be going directly to the American Cancer Society.

We are needing of more MT’s to help us out in this great event.If you have any desire to take a slot or know anyone else who would, please let me know.

So please be in touch, Thank you

Massagathon to Benefit the American Cancer Society
Sponsor: Whole Foods
Date: April 23, 2011
Location: West Orange and Montclair, NJ
Contact Name: Sue Rexford
Contact Phone: 973.761.5185
Contact Email: suesrex@yahoo.com</p>The West Orange and Montclair Whole Foods are sponsoring a Massagathon. It is a 12 hour event taking place at both stores on April 23 to raise money for the American Cancer Society. It will be running from 9 am – 9 pm. Massage therapists are offered two hour slots in which to do chair massage. Each will be charging $1/minute and all proceeds will be going directly to the American Cancer Society. There are still time slots available.

It gives therapists the opportunity to network, advertise and raise money for a great cause.
I am helping to organize the event. If you have any desire to take a slot or know anyone else who would, please let me know.

Thanks so much,

Sue Rexford LMT
Bodhi Tree Therapeutic Massage

Day of Beauty, Benefit for Special Needs Children
Sponsor: Day of Beauty
Date: Monday, May 2, 2011; 9 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Location: Paul Mitchell School-Atlanta, GA
Contact Name: Gloria Owczarski
Contact Phone: 404-502-7491
Contact Email: Gloria@mydayofbeauty.net
Website: www.mydayofbeauty.net </p>On Monday, May 2nd, the 8th annual “Day of Beauty†to benefit special needs kids and their hard working teachers will be held again this year, for the third time, at The Paul Mitchell School-Atlanta. On this day, volunteers will be offering chair massage, facials, waxing, manicures, and hair styling to children with Down’s syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, and Autism—absolutely free. The children are all from schools in the local Atlanta area as well as my Special Olympics swim team.

Sea Otter Classic
Sponsor: Sea Otter Classic
Date: Saturday April 16, 2011
Location: Monterre,y CA
Contact Name: Cynthia Sykes
Contact Phone: 508-732-7263
Contact Email: sportsmassageleaders@yahoo.com
Website: cynderella.massagetherapy.com</p>Provide 15 min post event massage using your table (or chair) to cyclists who have riden 20-100 miles; fast paced;students encouraged! please contact me for additional info.
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Giving back to our Veterans
Sponsor: Helios Warriors
Date: Ongoing
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Contact Name: Gayle Sovinee
Contact Phone: 828-299-0776
Email: helioswarriors@gmail.com
Website: www.helioswarriors.org

Helios Warriors is a 501(c)3 non profit organization offering complementary and alternative therapies every Friday and some Sundays to our men and women veterans.**</p>Many have seen us and have found relief from PTSD, chronic physical and emotional pain and just to find relief from stress.**

WE need licensed and insured massage and bodywork therapists in and around Asheville, North Carolina willing to commit at least 3 hours once a month.**

Fairview Home Care and Hospice
Location: Twin Cities metro area
Contact: Anne Myers-Richards
Phone: 612-728-2408
Email: amyersr1@fairview.org
Website: www.fairview.org/hospice**</p>Fairview Home Care and Hospice seeks volunteer massage therapists to supplement the care provided by our massage therapy staff. Volunteers provide comforting massage to our 160+ patients who are located throughout the Twin Cities area. Patients live in private homes as well as skilled care facilities.**

Commitment: May be as much as 2-4 hours per week or as little as 2-4 hours per month. Hours are flexible. You will work with the same patient, in your area, on an ongoing basis.**

Requirements: Complete hospice volunteer training, health screening including two TB tests (at no cost to you), criminal background check (at no cost to you), and provide two references.**

For more information, please contact: Anne Myers-Richards, Volunteer Supervisor
612-728-2408
amyersr1@fairview.org**

The Indianapolis office of the Visiting Nurse Service (VNS), which services several central Indiana counties, is looking for volunteer massage therapists. Volunteers will bring comfort and relief to patients by providing palliative massage care to homebound patients who would otherwise not be able to receive massage. The massage will be done with professionalism and care to provide a safe, dignified, and respectable environment for ill/terminally ill patients.**</p>Volunteers, who are asked to provide one to two visits to patients per month, will need to complete an application, be interviewed, submit references, go through an orientation process, and get a TB test, provided by VNS; all of this is at no cost to the therapist. Therapists will be matched with patients in the area they are interested in.**

ABMP members interested in participating are invited to contact the volunteer coordinator at VNS:**

Emily Gage
Visiting Nurse Service, Inc.
4701 N. Keystone Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46205
317-722-8299 x293
EGage@vnsi.org**

**</p>PoverelloThis not-for-profit agency serving Broward County HIV-AIDS clients, seeks several Licensed Massage Therapists for their Holistic Health Center,* which curently offers Acupuncture, Yoga and Meditation. This is a valuable opportunity to expand knowledge and experience, while providing community service. No time committment is too small; even two or three hours per week would be welcome,* either on weekdays or on weekends!* Other Poverello programs include a Fitness Center, HIV testing, a Food Bank and a Thrift Store.* These are currently volunteer-only positions. Please contact David or Beatrice at (954) 563-1299, or at Partnersinhealth@aol.com.*
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The Heart Touch Project is a non-profit, educational, and service organization devoted to the delivery of compassionate and healing touch to homebound or hospitalized men, women, and children. Founded by ABMP Member Shawnee Isaac Smith, the organization was created ten years ago in response to her friend and fellow bodyworker’s struggle with AIDS. She saw that he was being ostracized and deprived of touch and began to offer him her support through free massage.**

To date, the Heart Touch Project has trained over 1,000 massage therapists and other professionals, who have provided more than 23,000 free massage sessions to more than 1,200 of the most ill and untouched members of our community. In addition, the project has educated thousands of physicians, nurses, parents, and other caregivers through hands-on demonstrations, workshops, and international presentations. This service has been called upon by many of the region’s most prominent healthcare, home-health, and hospice organizations.**

The Heart Touch Project is looking for compassionate volunteers in order to meet community needs. Interested members are invited to contact:**

Debbie LeVine
Director of Volunteer & Client Services
The Heart Touch Project
3400 Airport Avenue #42
Santa Monica, CA 90405
310-391-2558 phone
debbie@hearttouch.org**