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2007 Accomplishments and Activities                             View financials

• In 2007 LifeSpark provided the following:
• Served 55 individuals with Reiki & Healing Touch sessions
• Provided 617 hours of donated Reiki and Healing Touch sessions.
• Provided sessions in three hospitals, two churches, and one clinic
  • Denver Health Medical Center - Denver
  • St. Barnabas Episcopal Church - Denver
  • HealthLinks Clinic - Boulder
  • Foothills Hospital Cancer Center - Boulder
  • Green Mountain United Methodist Church - Lakewood
  • Swedish Radiation Oncology - Englewood
• Offered public education at numerous events

• Denver Health Spa for Caregivers Day: Provided free mini-sessions
• Denver Health Spa Day for patients and family: Provided free mini-sessions
• Unity Church Wellness Fair: Staffed a LifeSpark booth
• 9 Health Fair: Medical review panel accepted LifeSpark for Interactive Educational Centers
• 9 Health Fair: Staffed a LifeSpark Interactive Educational Center at three Fair locations
• CURE Day of Caring: Staffed a LifeSpark booth
• Aurora/Castle Rock Cancer Support Group: Gave a presentation about Reiki and LifeSpark
• Touching Lives mini-events: Hosted 12 free educational events for small audiences  
• Launched a program for indigent, homeless, and Spanish speakers with cancer
• Translated materials into Spanish
• Trained volunteers providers in cultural competency
• Hired a bi-lingual Program Navigator to work with this population
• Implemented a in-house study of program outcomes of Reiki and Healing Touch

• Using the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) and FACIT research surveys
• Administered at first and 12th sessions
• Also collecting demographic data
• Marketing and publicity
  • LifeSpark was featured in Colorado Singles Magazine
  • LifeSpark was featured in The Steeple Bell newsletter for St Barnabas Parish.
  • Produced 8-minute video to inform and educate the public about LifeSpark
• Trained new providers
  • Held two New Provider Seminars
  • Trained 14 new Reiki and Healing Touch providers for service in LifeSpark
  • Trained teams from Miami, Florida and Minneapolis, Minnesota on setting up
    their own program
• Continued support and professional development for volunteer providers
• Monthly Growth and Connections meetings with professional development  
           content and speakers
• Held four "local" Growth and Connections meetings at locations near facilities
• Shifted from a Mentor model to a Coach model for provider support
• Created a method for volunteers to log session hours on-line
• Created an on-line calendar for easy scheduling of sessions at the facilities
• New Fundraising Strategy launched
  • Touching Tomorrow fundraising breakfast held December 12
  • Event attended by 160 people
  • Launched Touching Lives Circle, a multi-year giving society

         View Financial Statements for 2007