Massage therapy raises funds
■ Eugene therapists offered
massages Sunday in exchange
for donations to scholarship
funds for victims of the attacks
By Brook Reinhard
for the Emerald
Massage therapists in Eugene
gave their time Sunday as clients
gave donations in an effort to fund
scholarships for children of the
victims of the attacks in New York
and Washington, D.C.
Sixteen full- and part-time
staffers gave seated-chair massages
on a walk-in basis as a benefit for
the Mercy Corps Scholarship
Fund. The fund was created for the
children of those who lost their
lives on Sept. 11. By 1:30 p.m. on
Sunday, 11 people had shown up
to be treated and give a suggested
donation of $10 in return.
“People have more than dou
bled the suggested donation (for a
15-minute massage),” event coor
dinator Linda Osterlitz said.
“We’re going to take the proceeds
and write a check to Mercy Corps.”
The scholarships will be put to
use in any way possible, “even for
high school education,” Osterlitz
said. Her husband, Chris Osterlitz,
is a partner at the Chiropractic
Healing Center, and they worked
together with others in the group
to promote the effort.
The center is not normally open
on weekends, so the whole office
area was available for seated mas
sages. There were five chairs set
up, including one in the courtyard
that the center shares with Bijou
Art Cinemas.
Therapists spent between 15
and 20 minutes on each client’s
massage. “It’s two-way giving.
These therapists are giving their
time, then turning around and
giving to this fund,” Linda Oster
litz said.
Jonathan House Emerald
Chiropractor Chris Osterlitz gives his wife Linda a massage Sunday during a massage
therapy benefit to raise money for children of the victims involved in the tragedies.
Some clients came just to donate.
“We had decided to give a donation,
but we were already here, so we got
a massage,” Liza Kagan said. She
and her husband, Caloway, were in
Eugene for the weekend visiting rel
atives and decided to participate in
the event. “I’m pregnant, and I think
I was given extra attention.”
“This is a good way of combin
ing healing and giving,” Caloway
Kagan added.
“We’re all affected in various
ways — the best way to help is to
pool resources in our community,”
Linda Osterlitz said. People inter
ested in making a donation can
contact Linda or Chris Osterlitz at
345-2084 or they may book an ap
pointment for another benefit ses
sion on Saturday, Oct. 6.
Brook Reinhard is a freelance reporter for the
Oregon Daily Emerald.
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