Dear john douglas,
We're on a mission – and we need you to be a part of it.
Since 1990, when the Massage Therapy Foundation began, donors have helped us stay grounded in our mission to advance the knowledge and practice of massage therapy by supporting scientific research, education, and community service.
While we all should feel good about that work and its impact, we still have more work to do.
Community service grants are the heart of the Foundation. Your gifts go directly towards bringing the benefits of massage therapy to people who desperately need them, but do not typically have access to massage. Over the years, MTF has given over $400,000 to such efforts. In 2016, our donors' gifts funded massage therapy to:
- Medically Fragile Children
- Immigrant Torture Survivors
- Veterans
- Burn Survivors
Your generosity would enable the Foundation to grant funds for high-quality, independent research studies that enhance the understanding of therapeutic massage applications and their roles in health-care delivery. MTF's recent research has funded studies for individuals with cancer, multiple sclerosis, amputations, and chronic pain, among so many others.
To continue to fulfill our promises to the massage therapy community, we need your help. We ask for your partnership in any way you are able, with a gift of $25, $50, $100 or more, to enable the Massage Therapy Foundation the opportunity to continue to support these programs and others. Please consider joining the Massage Matters Research Team by donating a modest amount to the Massage Therapy Foundation on a monthly basis. Make a personal investment in the future of the massage therapy profession by making massage research matter. It's easy – just click here to make your gift online today. Thank you for making a commitment to advance the practice of massage therapy.
Sincerely,
Jerrilyn Cambron, LMT, DC, MPH, PhD
Massage Therapy Foundation President
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Conditions of our young patients include brain injury, cerebral palsy, gunshot wounds, paraplegia, and respiratory failure. Medically fragile children find many of the ways they are touched to be painful and often do not associate human touch with comfort. Massage therapy plays a critical role in bringing the benefits of skin-to-skin |
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contact to infants and children whose conditions prevent them from enjoying normal holding and touch. One of the nurses wants you to know, "The magic of intentional therapeutic massage creates the pathway of human touch which relaxes the mind and soul, as well as the body. What better gift can there be for the children than the soothing release of massage?"
- Maryville Children's Health Services in Chicago, Ill., 2016 MTF Grantee
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