​​​​         Healing Touch California

     A Network for All Healing Touch Practitioners & Students


VOLUNTEER

Following Is a list of opportunities to practice HT as a volunteer throughout California.  If you
manage a volunteer opportunity that is not listed here, just fill out the form at the bottom of
this page to request a free listing.  If you would like a change made to your organization’s listing,
please email info@healingtouchcalifornia.com.

Listings are arranged in order received  by region:  Northern, Central and Southern California.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Healing Partners
Part of Stanford Cancer Supportive Care Program providing free Healing Touch treatments to cancer patients at locations throughout San Francisco, the Peninsula, the South Bay, the East Bay and Monterey/Carmel. Contact Elizabeth Blackman at eab.gfl@gmail.com.

Jewish Home
Skilled nursing facility in San Francisco that provides free Healing Touch treatments to long-term care residents.  Contact  Nina Weil at
nina@ninaweil.com.

Stand Downs
Opportunities to provide Healing Touch to veterans at Stand Downs in Contra Costa and Northern Solano counties. Contact Nancy Khlafallah, HTCP, at blueiiis@astound.net or Cindy Durant at cindydurant2@gmail.com.

Mercy Center
Donation-based Healing Touch sessions in Burlingame that are open to the public. Contact Helen Hann at hann808@hotmail.com.

Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic
Free clinic in Oakland that provides a wide variety of complementary health care modalities, including Healing Touch, to low-income women with any type of cancer.  Contact Kris Waller, kris@charlottemaxwell.org or visit their website at http://www.charlottemaxwell.org/volunteer/

Walnut Creek United Methodist Church
Free Healing Touch sessions for the public in Walnut Creek.  Contact Lillian Whipple at whipplelg@astound.net or 925-687-4312.

Hospice of the East Bay
Volunteer program at hospice in Pleasant Hill.  Contact Diana Ryckman at 925-887-5678.

Veteran’s First
Free Healing Touch sessions for Veterans in the Tri Valley area on the second Saturday of each month, at the Veterans First office at Las Positas College in Livermore, CA.  Contact Diane Hagerty at jedichda@yahoo.com or (925) 787-0542.

BBC Healing Touch Quarterly Clinic
Free Healing Touch treatments for breast cancer patients at Breast Cancer Connections in Palo Alto.  Contact Chanda Darap at chanda_darap@yahoo.com.

The Haelen Clinic
Donation-based clinic for the general public in Lafayette welcomes all levels of HT students and apprentices as volunteers.  Contact:  Suzanne Mittica at skmittica@comcast.net.

CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

Mercy Hospital
Donation-based  ”Caring Center” in Folsom provides Healing Touch and other modalities.  Contact Marcia Taylor-Carlisle RN at (916)817-8656.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Rady Children’s Hospital
Free monthly Healing Touch sessions for nurses and families of the children being treated at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego.  Contact Lisa Thompson at thompson@rchsd.org.

Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Accepting Healing Touch volunteers Level 1 or higher at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center.  Contact the volunteer office at 619. 502.3606 or visit their website at www.sharp.com.

Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center
Located in Torrance, California. this medical center is seeking Healing Touch volunteers interested in donating their services to support post-operative hysterectomy patients.  Contact Dan Hudson, Director of Spiritual Care, at 310-303-6122.


LIST YOUR SUPPORT GROUP

If you manage a volunteer opportunity that is not listed here, please fill out the form below, and we will be happy to add your group to our listings.


IMPORTANT:  All fields marked with a red asterick (*) must be filled in.