We Give Back

As a small local business, we feel it is incredibly important that we give back to our community. 

That's why we have donated $15,280 to local nonprofit charities since 2020.

Details on where that money went can be seen below. 

July 2025

Just like in previous years, this year we will be donating $3,000 to local nonprofit charities. Each of our nine team members will choose a charity to give $300.

The remaining $300 will go to a charity our clients and community choose.  Please fill out the form below to vote for your favorite charity.  We just ask that you choose a local NRV charity that is a 501(3)(c). Voting will be open July 1-31.  

We will announce the recipients in our next newsletter issue and on this page. We're proud to be a part of this wonderful community and we love being able to highlight nonprofits doing important work in our area.

2025 Community Charity Vote
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July 2024

Here are the charities we all chose and the amounts donated:

  • Melissa picked Mountain View Humane - $300
  • Brian picked New River Land Trust - $300
  • Anne and Micah picked Micah's Backpack - $600
  • Polly picked NRV Cares - $300
  • Becky, Andrea, and Mary picked Montgomery County Friends of Animal Care and Control - $900
  • Alexis picked Habitat for Humanity of the New River Valley - $300
  • Our community picked Women's Resource Center of the New River Valley - $300

July 2023

Here are the charities we all chose and the amounts donated:

  • Melissa picked Blue Ridge Land Conservancy - $300
  • Brian picked Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center - $300
  • Anne and Micah picked Micah's Backpack - $600
  • Polly picked NRV Cares - $300
  • Katherine picked ACCE (NRCC Educational Foundation, Inc) - $300
  • Drea picked the First Baptist Church of Blacksburg - $300
  • Becky, Andrea, and Mary picked Montgomery County Friends of Animal Care and Control - $900

July 2022

Here are the charities we all chose and the amounts donated:

  • Melissa picked Humane Society of Montgomery County - $300
  • Brian picked New River Land Trust - $300
  • Anne and Micah picked Micah's Backpack - $600
  • Polly picked NRV Cares - $300
  • Katherine picked NRV Community Fridge - $300
  • Amanda picked Pulaski County Humane Society - $300
  • Andrea picked First Baptist Church of Blacksburg - $300
  • Sydney picked NRV Project Linus - $300
  • And our community picked Micah's Soup for Seniors - $300

July 2021

Here are the charities we all chose and the amounts donated:

Melissa chose New River Land Trust - $300
Brian chose PAWS of SWVA - $300
Anne chose Micah's Backpack - $300
Polly chose Women's Resource Center of the New River Valley - $300
Katherine chose ACCE (NRCC Educational Foundation, Inc.) - $300
Amanda chose Mountain View Humane - $300
Molly and Micah chose NRV Cares - $600
Andrea chose Pound Pals of Radford - $300
And our community chose New River Community Action - $300

May 2020

We had originally planned on donating to local charities in celebration of our five year anniversary on July 1, 2020.  However, COVID-19 changed everything and we realized that charities needed help sooner. 

We were fortunate that we were in a position to still be able to help our local community even though we were shutdown - and that is what we felt compelled to do. 

We donated a total of $3,000 to local charities (each of our ten team members got to choose a charity to give $300).  Plus we are also donated 10% of all our gift card sales from May 1 - May 14th.  We totaled the amounts and donated to the charities on May 15th. 

Here are the charities we all chose and the amounts donated:

Melissa picked Mountain View Humane ($341)
Brian picked Humane Society of Montgomery County ($341)
Erin, Anne and Heather picked Micah's Backpack ($910)
Rebekah picked Animal Welfare Foster Program ($356)
Polly picked NRV Cares ($341)
Katherine and Molly picked Women's Resource Center of the NRV ($650)
Amanda picked Ride-A-Rescue ($341)

Our Biggest Contribution

Our biggest contribution to our community is giving back to our staff.  The massage profession is unfortunately known for mistreating therapists, and we wanted to demonstrate that it doesn't have to be that way.

We classify our therapists as employees, give them generous pay, premium health and dental benefits, chiropractic care, a minimum of 15 days paid time off, a free 90 minute massage every month, free continuing education and a matching 401(k) retirement plan. Recently we've added a travel stipend that pays up to $2,000 a year for employee vacations if they meet certain goals. 

Because all of these benefits are expensive, we are limited in the amount of donations we can make in a given year.  We try to rotate donations as opposed to continuing to donate to the same organizations in order to maximize our community impact.

If you have any questions, or know of a great local nonprofit, please feel free to contact us.

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