massage, tea, and charity!

Local Massage Firm Gives Back During EveryBody Deserves a Massage Week July 20-26 (PHOENIX, Ariz., June 12, 2008) – Each July, the Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP) sponsors EveryBody Deserves a Massage Week, an event geared toward helping those less fortunate, while raising the profession’s visibility. This year, The Back Rub Company, the valley’s largest on-site massage and wellness firm, has teamed up with ABMP to participate in the program.

From July 20-26, ABMP will encourage and support The Back Rub Company in its efforts to create community awareness, donate to charity and provide special gifts with each massage. The firm will donate 10% of its profits from each massage scheduled at one of their four valley massage clinics (Central and South Phoenix, South Scottsdale and Mesa) to 100 Club of Arizona. The organization provides immediate assistance to the surviving families of public safety officers and firefighters killed or seriously injured in the line of duty.

“We hope to help the 100 Club as they raise funds to embark on a Hero's Quest,” says Tiffany Richards, The Back Rub Company owner. “It’s a 3,500 mile bicycle journey from Phoenix to Panama City in an effort to raise at least $50,000 for the families of these real-life heroes.”

• Click here to sponsor the Hero's Quest for the 100 Club
  
  
• Click here to hear more about the Quest on their MySpace page and add them as a friend
  
  
• Click here to learn more at the official Hero's Quest website

The Back Rub Company has also enlisted the help of other locally owned businesses, Souvia Tea, the valley’s premiere teashop and Strawberry Hedgehog (hey! that's me!), the makers of handmade vegan and eco-friendly bath and body products.


What a better way to end a massage than with a relaxing bath and a cup of tea! Massage recipients who schedule their session within that week will receive a gift certificate for a free pot of tea to be used at one of Souvia’s two locations in North Phoenix and Scottsdale. The teashop carries over 130 premium loose-leaf teas and tisanes from the best tea estates in the world. Clients will also receive a complimentary half-pound jar of all-natural handmade bath salts by Strawberry Hedgehog. The detoxifying salts are blended with sweet almond and apricot kernel oils along with a generous amount of pure essential oils for a fragrant, pampering experience.

“We’re excited to participate in EveryBody Deserves a Massage Week this year,” says Richards. “Anything to help others and educate the community about the benefits of massage is a great thing.”

To schedule a massage or for more information, please call 480-330-2066 or visit www.thebackrubcompany.com, www.herosquest2008.com, www.souvia.com and www.strawberryhedgehog.com.