Z was a founding Board member of The Heart Touch Project and served the organization with passion and dedication for the last 16 years. Some of his accomplishments (from a very long list) are-Rhodes Scholar, Vietnam Veteran where he received the Bronze Star, graduate of Oxford University and Harvard Law School, brilliant attorney, gourmet chef and sommelier.

Z’s warmth, his attention in listening, his choice to care and to help, his loyalty, his infectious smile, and his kindness and generosity all went into making him the treasured and unique friend that he was to us all.The world was a better place because Z was in it. We miss him desperately and will carry him in our hearts forever.

Michael Morgan and Student

Tuition for the workshop is $300.

Instructor:
Michael Morgan, LMT, CST-D

September 21-22, 2011

For additional course information: click here.

To register, call Sophie at 866-540-9634 or apply online at www.bodyenergy.net/classes.

Tickets are $25.00 in advance or $35.00 at the door. Purchase tickets using a credit card at FirstGiving or by calling the Heart Touch office at 310-391-2558.

WineStyles Torrance is located in the Torrance Town Center, 2733 Pacific Coast Highway, Torrance CA 90505. The closest major intersection is Pacific Coast Highway and Crenshaw Boulevard.

The new training is open to graduates of the Heart Touch Training who are currently working or have recently worked with a person in hospice. It will be held at Heart Touch on Sunday, June 28. Tuition is $150.00. Attendees will earn eight continuing education hours through the National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) or through the California Board of Registered Nursing. Members of the Association of Professional Chaplains can also earn eight continuing education hours.

Click here for more information on the training and here to download an application form.

The Heart Touch Project is pleased to unveil our newly designed website, made possible by a generous grant from an anonymous donor. In addition to a fresh look, all the copy on the site has been rewritten. We’ve added photographs and new functionality to many of the pages and made navigation around the site much more convenient. We will also be adding more functionality in the coming weeks.

We invite you to explore the site and give us your feedback. Tell us what you like and don’t like about it. There’s a convenient way to do that. Select the “Contact Us” tab in the Navigation Bar above and a feedback form will appear. We want the site to serve your needs, so let us know what you think.

Heart Touch Receives Grant from the
Archstone Foundation

Heart Touch has been honored with a grant of $15,000 from the Archstone Foundation, a private, non-profit foundation whose mission is to prepare society for the growing needs of an aging society. The grant will support the Heart Touch Hospice Program in its efforts to make the final days of those nearing the end of life as comfortable and pain free as possible. This is the second grant Heart Touch has received from Archstone. It was with the help of their multi-year grant in 2002 that we launched our Hospice Program.

Advanced Heart Touch Training Developed

Heart Touch Founder Shawnee Isaac Smith has created an advanced training for those who work with hospice patients. The Advanced Heart Touch Training in End-of-Life Care is designed to deepen and enhance the quality of interaction between therapists and their patients.

The new training is open to graduates of the Heart Touch Training who are currently working or have recently worked with a person in hospice. It will be held at Heart Touch on Sunday, June 26. Tuition is $150.00. Attendees will earn eight continuing education hours through the National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) or through the California Board of Registered Nursing. Members of the Association of Professional Chaplains can also earn eight continuing education hours.

Click here for more information on the training and here to download an application form.

Upcoming Trainings

Dates are set for upcoming Heart Touch trainings and for volunteer trips to Cambodia and India. Click here for more information on each and here for an application form.

Heart Touch Training in Compassionate Touch

This is the core training required of anyone who wishes to become a volunteer with one of our partner hospice groups. Tuition is $250.00. Attendees earn twenty continuing education hours.
July 22 – 24, 2011
October 21 – 23, 2011

Infant Massage Instructor Training

This training is a requirement for Children’s Program volunteers who wish to work with fragile newborns in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at one of our partner hospitals or who will travel to India with the International Outreach Program. Tuition is $75.00 for Heart Touch volunteers and $250.00 for all others. Attendees earn twelve continuing education hours.
September 24 – 25, 2011

Massage for Medically Fragile Infants and Children

This training is a requirement for all Children’s Program volunteers who wish to work at one of our partner hospitals or who will travel to Cambodia with the International Outreach Program. Tuition is $75.00 for Heart Touch volunteers and $250.00 for all others. Attendees earn sixteen continuing education hours.
August 20 – 21, 2011

Dates Set for 2011 International Outreach Program Trips

Heart Touch volunteers will again travel to Cambodia to work with children orphaned because of HIV/AIDS, and to India to work with patients and teach at the AIMS Hospital.
Cambodia
November 25 – December 10, 2011

India
December 27 – January 12, 2012