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Current Events:

2009 Ford Ironman World Championship
Date: Saturday, October 10, 2009
Time: 3 p.m.-12 midnight
Location: Kailua-Kona, HI (The Big Island)
Contact: Dawn Henry, dawn@dawnhenry.net; 808-756-1996
Website: https://www.imhawaii.com/volunteer/kona/index.php

Description: On Saturday, October 10, 2009, 1,800 of the fittest, fastest triathletes in the world will gather in Kailua-Kona for the 2009 Ford Ironman World Championship. After swimming 2.4 miles in the sparkling blue Pacific Ocean, biking 112 miles to Hawi and back, and running a marathon, these athletes will be in dire need of your experienced and compassionate hands!

Join the biggest volunteer massage event on the island, a once-a-year celebration of the human mind, body and spirit in action!

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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

Description: 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

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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.

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

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Poverello
This 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

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