Dear Friends and Supporters,

You've all heard that "location, location, location" are the top three things to look for when shopping for a home. Pathways to Wellness is only $20,000 away from being able to build our new home at 35 W. Newton Street, just a block away from our current location. Our building permit has been issued, and we need these final $$$ in hand by August 30th in order to build out this beautiful space. Without the funds, we'll lose this ideal location, and risk not being able to stay in the South End. Can you help us with this important project? We need the funds quickly - by the end of August, or our "location, location, location" will go to another organization.

"Endow a Leaf" for our mural wall for a donation of $1,000, $500 or $250, and be recognized or honor a loved one with an engraved gold, silver or bronze leaf. Larger donors may have naming rights to rooms and important parts of the new clinic. Any amount is welcome, and you will join a host of proud donors and sponsors who have already stepped up to support this project.

Our new location will allow Pathways to expand its mission of reducing disparities in health care by providing free and low cost holistic care to medically and economically vulnerable clients, AND it will allow us to become more financially self-sufficient by increasing our ability to attract clients who can afford to pay market rates for our high quality clinical services.

Fire Sponsors ($50,000-$74,999): Partners Health Care, Inc.

Earth Sponsors ($25,000-$49,999): Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of MA 

Metal Sponsors ($10,000-$24,999): Devan Dewey; Demie Stathoplos; Anne St. Goar & Shippen Page 

Water Sponsors ($5,000-$9,999): Juliet Carey  

Wood Sponsors ($1,500-$4,999): Michael Banville; Don Eunson; Bryan Furze; Toby Kasavana; Vincent Smith; Kelly Triplett; Union United Methodist Church; Steve McCarthy

Endow a Leaf Donors:

Gold Leaf ($1,000): Michael Banville & Sean Mullin; Dick Bourbeau;  Forbes & Carolyn Dewey

Silver Leaf ($500-$999): Ulrike Boehmer; William Coady; Patti Davis; Ed Perlmutter; Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence; Elizabeth Sommers;

Bronze Leaf ($250-$499): Advance Software; Lorena Baker; J. Mark Beamis & Gabrielle Sullivan; Bei Chang; John Colville; Ron & Karen Danielson; Earl Egdall; Daniel Fleishman & Barbara Shapiro Fund; Jeffrey & Deborah Hirsch; Philip Patterson; Catherine Reuben; Yang Yang

Friends of Pathways (up to $250): 

Anonymous, Steve Atlas, Iain & Grace Baker, Jennifer Carp, Anonymous and Mike Cole in honor of Marissa Cole, Catherine DeLorey, Dennis Donoghue, Alfred Duhamel, Beth Edwards, Candace Ellis, Joseph Espinosa, Sheri & Anna Flies, Elizabeth Fukushima, Roger Grimes, Judith Haims, Belle Halpern, Julia Herskowitz, Peter Holland, Emmanuel Howard, Yu Huang, John Johnson, Ruth Kahn, Marcia Kosstrin, Veronique LeMelle, Heidi Lewis, Nancy Lipman, Steve McCarthy, Margaret Naeser, Vernon Nelson, Rich Parritz, Francine Pennino, Elbert Ruff, Elizabeth Stagl, Anthony & Sybil Stathoplos, Nancy Taylor, Azzie Young. 

Pathways clinicians and speakers appear at events all around the city. Our fully licensed massage therapists can come to your event or workplace to provide services to your staff or clients. If you would like to hire Pathways clinicians or speakers for your event, contact Bob Hornstein at 617-859-3036, x280.

Here is a sample of the events that we participated in over the past two months:

May 2013:

- Chair Massage at Tufts Medical Center

- HIV Symposium at Cambridge Hospital

- Healing our Community Collaborative Luncheon

- Kit Clark Senior Center

- Rosie's Place

June 2013:

- AIDS Action of Cambridge

- Vertex Employee Health Fair

- Massachusetts Conference for Women Veterans

- Channel 7 Health Fair

- Union United Methodist Church

In May, Pathways Herbalist Sandra Gray gave a workshop on Chinese Herbal Medicine. Attendees learned about the use of Chinese herbs to supplement their acupuncture and shiatsu treatments for symptom relief and overall well-being.

At Pathways we maintain an herbal pharmacy where prescriptions are personalized for each client based on their needs. Pathways Chinese herbal consultations are available on Monday, Friday, and Saturday. Call 617-859-3036, x0 to make an appointment or click here to learn more.

Pathways is fortunate to be assisted by ten volunteers and summer interns from a variety of schools. These folks help us get important work done - tracking and recording data that allows us to measure clinical and client satisfaction outcomes, keeping our insurance authorizations up to date, and managing the many paper flows that allow Pathways to serve our clients.  

Many thanks and appreciation to: Michael Kang, Hannah Parrish, Emily O'Day, Ester Lee, Deborah Engler, Wen Li, Aelish Sullivan, Run Feng, Alfred Duhamel, and Karina Lo.

Bladder 40, located in the middle of the crease at the back of the knee, is one of the "Heavenly Star Points."

It is useful for clearing summer heat and cooling the blood. Bladder 40 is also useful for soothing lower backache.