Community Outreach
Sunstone Cancer Support Foundation
The Sunstone Cancer Support Foundation is a charitable organization
dedicated to providing life-enriching opportunities and supportive services
for people touched by cancer. The organization provides programs and
retreats for cancer survivors, caregivers and health care professionals.
Mind-Body-Spirit Skills groups are offered along with networking groups,
nutritional counseling, and classes in Qi Gong, yoga, and movement
therapies.
Healing Touch is offered at the Sunstone Healing Center at the northeast
resource center located at 2545 N. Woodland Road on the northeast side
of Tucson on the 4th Wednesday of every month. Call the center to
schedule an appointment at 520-760-0607. Students of Healing Touch as
well as Certified Healing Touch Practitioners volunteer their services.
Clients report less discomfort with chemotherapy, ease of pain and
tension, healing of incisions, and less side effects with radiation.
Healing Touch is also offered at the Tucson Medical Center Cancer
Supportive Care Center. Call (520)324-2840 for information and
appointments.
Northwest Hospital, and University Cancer Center
also have Healing Touch Volunteers.
Clients say, "I feel less discomfort", "I feel energized", "I feel more
grounded", "I can get through another week", " I feel so relaxed."
Local Healing Touch Practitioners apprentices and students offer
mini-sessions at our healing touch booths. We have participated in
community fund raising walks such as: The Diabetes Walk, Race for
the Cure, Arthitis Walk, The American Heart Walk, AIDS Walk,
Native American Breast Cancer Conference.
Look for us at the following upcoming events.
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-Arthritis Walk
-Race for the Cure
-Diabetes Walk
-Other opportunities as they arise.
Local Healing Touch practitioners and apprentices provide
informative talks and demonstrations to various groups interested
in understanding Healing Touch as a possible benefit to
themselves, loved ones or the populations that they serve.
Healing Touch presentations have been given to: Better Breathers
Group of the American Lung Association, Hospice care givers,
integrative Medicine Program. University of Arizona Psychiatric
Residents, cancer support groups and more.
Scheduled presentations:
To Be Announced.
Community Outreach
In addition to the private practices listed under Practitioners, Healing Touch
can be found in the community in the following:
Sunstone Cancer Support Foundation