Written by Kathleen Conner
Program Descriptions
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Place of Wellness and Integrative Medicine Program
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.