Welcome to Angie's Spa!
Angie’s Spa is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that funds FREE (in-hospital) massages and other integrative medicine services to men and women undergoing chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. These services are designed to alleviate painful side effects, provide relaxation to enhance traditional treatments, and give cancer patients a self-esteem boost.
Angie’s Spa is a funder only. We are not a retail spa, but rather a non-profit foundation that funds accredited programs in qualifying cancer centers. We distribute a Request for Proposal to the Cancer Center or Integrative Medicine Department of a hospital interested in applying for a grant. Those Centers design their own programs that if funded, will use their own staff or outside contractors. If the Center is selected then we enter into a contract with them. They submit an interim and final report and we are in touch with them regularly for advice and feedback and visit the Center at least once a year, sometimes quarterly depending on the needs and requests of the Center. The Centers also administer a questionnaire to the patients that provide them and us with feedback. They promote and publicize their program and we encourage them to fundraise for it. All the money received in any fundraiser goes directly to their program.
Angie's Spa prides itself on the fact that 100% of our donations go directly toward the patients services at each hospital program. This is possible due to the generosity of the hospitals assuming all overhead costs and pro bono services for the establishment and day to day operations of the organization.
We post current articles in the support of cancer patients using therapeutic massages and other treatments. Please visit the Research In the News section under Calendar and News on this website for more information as well as our Facebook page. You can also follow us on Twitter @angiesspa.
Program Descriptions
Grants awarded are as follows:
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Integrative Medicine Program
One Year Grant awarded April 23, 2012 for $20,842.25. Continuation of the Angie's Spa program for 2012-13. This year in addition to providing FREE therapeutic massages for cancer patients undergoing treatment at MD Anderson, we are also funding FREE acupuncture for inpatients in acute need of treatment for pain.
One Year Grant awarded March 1, 2011-2012, $19.872.
Funds to be used to provide certified massage therapists for the Ambulatory Treatment Center, Place of Wellness Clinics, and Inpatient Massage Therapy Service.
Hartford Hospital, Hartford CT
Helen & Harry Gray Center
One Year Grant awarded July 15, 2011-12 $25,000
Funds to be used for vouchers for the spa service of their choice that include: therapeutic massages, acupuncture, facials, makeovers, manicures, reflexology, or reiki. Treatments to be provided at the Helen & Harry Gray Center in Hartford and Avon, The Integrative Medicine Department in Hartford, and Blue Back Square in West Hartford.
Northridge Hospital Medical Center, Northridge, CA
Thomas and Dorothy Leavy Cancer Center
One Year Grant awarded July 1, 2011- $36,000
Funds to be used to provide FREE 120 therapeutic massages per month for both inpatients and outpatient undergoing chemotherapy or radiation treatment.
Southampton Hospital, Southampton, NY
Ellen Hermanson Breast Cancer Center and Integrative Medicine Department
One Year Grant awarded June 23, 2010-11 EXTENDED- $12,000
Funds to be used to provide FREE therapeutic massages, acupuncture, and Reiki.
