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| 2016: A Year in Review Here are the highlights of what YOU have helped make possible this year!
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- We added two weekly sessions of bedside massage at Tufts Floating Hospital, and launched a new combined yoga/massage program at UVM Children's Hospital in Burlington, VT - you can read more about the five existing programs offered through The Healing Room™ here!
- We developed a beautiful new friendship/partnership with the incredible team at Boston Solar, who are funding the massage program at Floating Hospital, and jazzed up the Love Bus with her very own solar panel!
- A brainstorming collaboration retreat in Maine brought together the leaders of Lucy's Love Bus, MaxLove Project, McKenna Claire Foundation, Courageous Parents Network, and Kai's Village to discuss how we can all work together to improve quality of life for childhood cancer families!
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Music therapy in Vermont! | | |
Childhood cancer collaborators! | |
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- Legendary Irish singer Seán Keane recorded "Lullaby for a Butterfly" written by board member Declan Houton, and is offering downloads exclusively for a donation to Lucy's Love Bus!
- We have been selected as a charity participating in the annual Combined Federal Campaign! Thousands of federal employees in MA, RI, and CT will be introduced to the work of LLB as a choice for their annual year-end donations. (Know a federal employee? We're CFC #17939.)
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Seán Keane and Belle in the Love Bus at the South Shore Irish Festival! | |
Waiting to present in Boston for the Combined Federal Campaign | |
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- We attended the Association of Pediatric Oncology Social Workers annual conference in the spring, and then the New England Child Life Professionals conference this fall. We had a chance to catch up with some of our referral partners, make new connections, share copies of A Lion Inside, and discuss new partnership opportunities as we look to expand The Healing Room™ to more New England hospitals in 2017!
- So many wonderful folks organized fundraisers throughout the year with a portion or all proceeds going to Lucy's Love Bus: thank you!!! Here is a list of the fun we took part in this year...
, Ceili a Lucy, Devri's Irish Music Cruise, South Shore Irish Festival, Newburyport Yankee Homecoming, Jewelry Raffle by Kaya, front row Bruins tickets raffle by
CAI Ink, a
nd golf tournaments held by Lonza, Siemens, and The Old Court Pub!! Whew, so many generous folks!
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A pineapple, tiki drink, and beach babe have fun at the Hawaiian-themed Devri Irish Music Cruise! | | Selling a copy of A Lion Inside to a new friend from New Zealand at the APOSW conference! | |
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But here are the really fun numbers... thanks to YOU, Lucy's Love Bus:- Provided 75 new children with individual grants for integrative therapies, and continued to fund the therapies of over 90 LLB kids, including: 4 hours of reflexology, 4 hours of play therapy, 5 hours of Reiki, 11 adaptive skiing lessons, 12 hours of chiropractic care, 15 hours of craniosacral therapy, 16 yoga classes, 18 hours of acupuncture, 24 karate classes, 25 hours of personal training, 31 units of naturopathy, 32 hours of speech therapy, 34 hours of art therapy, 41 units of aromatherapy, 41 days of camp, 43 weeks of cheerleading, 50 weeks of recreational sports, 110 gymnastics classes, 119 swimming lessons, 119 hours of music therapy, 146 hours of massage, 160 dance lessons, and 160 therapeutic horseback riding lessons... for a total of 1220 units of service and counting!
- Brought music, yoga, and massage to 474 patients, family, caregivers, and staff members at partner hospitals through The Healing Room™ - and that number continues to grow!
- Visited 11 schools and engaged over 1200 students in activism and philanthropy through the Lucy's KidCorps™ and Lucy's LoveSquad™ program.
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Presenting to the 4th graders of Johnny Appleseed Elementary School
in Leominster, MA | |
Lucy's LoveCorps™ cuties rocking their shirts! | |
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