Touch of Relief, Inc. (TOR)
1500 Hadden Manor Ct.
Silver Spring, MD 20904
301-680-8TOR(867)
info@touchofrelief.org
Upcoming Events
Currently seeking sponsors for fundraising events in the Washington, D.C. metro area for Spring 2011. Contact us @ 301-680-8TOR for details.
News
August 2010
A scheduled site visit and recruitment effort this month to the YWCA in downtown San Diego will set a start date for a massage therapy and yoga program to complement TOR's Fisher House team at Naval Medical Center near Balboa Park. Volunteer recruitment has begun for a pending site visit next month to the newly minted St. Louis VA Medical Center Fisher House.
July 2010
A new volunteer team has retooled our Fisher House program at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX to once again offer weekly sessions to residents and staff. Plans are underway to expand the team and phase in a sister program at the nearby Lackland Air Force Base Fisher House. This will mark the fourth TOR program in Texas including the new Ft. Hood Fisher House program and the successful launch of the second domestic violence program at SafePlace in Austin.
TOR has tentatively identified the test cities which will be involved in supporting individual IOF/OEF veterans and spouses of these veterans who are interested in attending and completing a certificate program at a local massage school as part of a civilian reintegration process. The development grant has yielded a strong interest in our school-to-work initiative will provide a unique opportunity for local corporations, military organizations, leading massage schools and community non-profits to contribute directly to education, training, accreditation and subsequent placement of student service members and their dependents.
May 2010
Volunteers from the VA Puget Sound Fisher House in Seattle and Madigan Army Medical Center Fisher House in Ft. Lewis, WA spoke of their rewarding experiences during recent site visits this month. A site visit to the new Boston VA Fisher House in West Roxbury, MA yielded considerable interest, and we hope to build a massage therapy team and begin working with freshly placed families early Fall.
January 2010
Our eighth Fisher House program was officially launched at the Denver VA. A strong team of volunteers and school partner, Colorado School of Healing Arts, helped make this project possible. A site visit to a downtown shelter in December could signal our third domestic violence program to possibly launch in the Summer.