Healers lend hands for relief offerings.Byline: Jim Feehan The Register-Guard For Christina Adams, helping with tsunami relief efforts never felt so good. In exchange for a well-deserved massage massage (məsäzh`), treatment of superficial parts of the body by systematic rubbing, stroking, kneading, or slapping. Massages can be administered manually or with mechanical devices. , the 16-year-old student from South Eugene High School South Eugene High School is a public high school located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was founded as Eugene High School around 1900, and was located at Willamette Street and West 11th Avenue in a brick building that later served as Eugene's city hall. donated $20 on Sunday to "Healing Hands Healing Hands (妙手仁心) is a 1998 Hong Kong medical drama series that ran on TVB Jade. It focuses on the lives and loves of the doctors and nurses at the fictional Yan Oi Hospital in Hong Kong. of Eugene," a benefit for survivors of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that roiled South Asia This article is about the geopolitical region in Asia. For geophysical treatments, see Indian subcontinent. South Asia, also known as Southern Asia five weeks ago. "I had a lot of stress from finals last week and a kink in my left shoulder. The prospect of getting a massage and helping people is really cool," said Adams, who heard about the benefit from a teacher at International High School. Sponsored by the Dharmalaya Center for Human Development and the Hult Center for the Performing Arts The Hult Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts facility in Eugene, Oregon, opened in 1982. 27 architectural firms competed for the opportunity to design the Center, but in the end the Eugene City Council awarded the contract to the New York firm of Hardy , Sunday's event featured about 50 local licensed massage therapists, reflexologists, acupuncturists and other healers. The aroma of sage wafted through the Hult Center lobby, which was crowded with massage tables as a harpist played soft, lilting music. Proceeds went to the Ananda Marga Ananda Marga, officially known as Ananda Marga Pracharaka Samgha (AMPS) meaning "the organization for the propagation of the path of bliss" was founded in Jamalpur, State of Bihar, India in 1955 by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921-1990), known by his spiritual name of Shrii Shrii Universal Relief Team, a 40-year-old disaster relief agency founded in India, organizer Michele Renee said. The seven-hour benefit netted about $3,000, said Renee, a substitute teacher in the Eugene School District Eugene School District (4J) is a public school district in the U.S. state of Oregon. It serves the city of Eugene Elementary schools
Most people made donations of $20 or $25, "but one person wrote out a check for $100 and another left a $50 bill and told us to keep the change," Renee said. Cynthia Lafferty, the relief team's Eugene representative, said support has been particularly strong in Lane County. "This community has really come together to support relief work for all of the tsunami disaster victims," she said. Licensed massage therapist Peter Lesueur, who provided a chair massage to Adams, said he was pleased to participate in the fund-raiser. "It feels good for us to come together in the global community and assist in any way we can," he said. CAPTION(S): Christina Adams, a South Eugene High School student, relaxes as Peter Lesueur, a licensed massage therapist, works his magic at the "Healing Hands of Eugene" benefit for tsunami survivors on Sunday at the Hult Center. The seven- hour event raised about $3,000. Wayne Eastburn / The Register-Guard |
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