Community Service Resources
Resources to guide practitioners in giving back to their communities
We are pleased to offer the following guide to assist practitioners in providing massage in their communities:
Published Articles about MTF-Funded Community Service Projects
- “Massage Improves Quality of Life for Disabled People”– 2018 Massage Magazine article on 2018 MTF Community Service Grant, “Disability-Competent Massage Therapy for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury & Related Disabilities,” at Chanda Plan Foundation, Lakewood, CO.
- “U.S. Pain Foundation Awarded Project Grant from Massage Therapy Foundation”– 2018 U.S. Pain Foundation Press Release on 2018 MTF Community Service Grant, “Combatting the Opioid Epidemic by Providing Massage Therapy to People with Chronic Pain.”
- “Massage Grant Provides ‘Fantastic Opportunity’ to Ease Caregiver Stress”– 2018 Massage Magazine article on 2017 MTF Community Service Grant, “Family Caregiver Support Program Supplemental Therapeutic Massage,” at Rural Resources, Pullman, WA.
- “At the Caring Place, Cancer Patients’ Fear, Anger, and Anxiety are Soothed by Massage Therapy” – 2018 Massage Magazine article on 2017 MTF Community Service Grant, “Therapeutic Massage for Adults Touched by Cancer,” Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation, Las Vegas, NV.
- “Ventures in Therapeutic Massage for Developmentally Disabled Adults”– BIOTONE Winter 08/09 Catalogue article on 2007 MTF Community Service Grant, “Ventures in Therapeutic Massage for Developmentally Disabled Adults,” at
Cornerstone Ministries, Inc. in Cumberland, WI. - ”Bodywork for the Homeless”– 2008 Washington Massage Journal article on 2007 MTF Community Service Grant, “Bodywork for the Homeless,” at Alternative Healthcare Access Campaign in Seattle, WA.
- “Charitable Hearts and Hands-Serving the Underserved”– 2009 Massage and Bodywork Magazine article on 2007 MTF Community Service Grant, “Bodywork for the Homeless,” at Alternative Healthcare Services of Seattle, WA.
- “The Hopevale Massage Therapy Project”– 2008 Journal of the Australian Association of Massage Therapists article on 2006 MTF Community Service Grant, “The Broader Benefits of Tactile Therapies beyond Managing Pain and Disability,”at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
- “Connecting Compassion and Community Service”– Fall 2007 Massage Therapy Journal article covering several Community Service grantees from multiple award years.
- “Camp Hope”– Massage Therapy Journal article on 2006 MTF Community Service Grant, “Therapeutic Massage for Pediatric Burn Survivors: Camp Amigo Pilot Project,” at Southeast Burn Foundation and Florida School of Massage, Gainesville, FL.
- “Range of Motion Improves after Massage in Children with Burns: a Pilot Study”– Results from a feasibility study on the research conducted at Camp Amigo (during 2006 MTF Community Service Grant project period) published in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies.
- “Paula Termini’s Story”– 2008 AMTA Florida Journal article on 2005 MTF Community Service Grant, “Special Care for the Childbearing Year: Perinatal Massage,” at Transitions Massage, LLC, Holmes Beach, FL.
- “Giving Expectant Moms the Gift of Touch”– 2006 Massage Magazine article on 2005 MTF Community Service Grant, “Special Care for the Childbearing Year: Perinatal Massage,” at Transitions Massage, LLC, Holmes Beach, FL.
- “Resolving Crimes’ Impact,”– 2003 Massage Magazine article on 2002 MTF Community Service Grant, “Victim Healing Program,” at Victim Services Center, Miami, Florida.