Volunteer MTs Needed for Feel Better Boston at the Boston Marathon

04/11/2019

All hands on deck! Drew Freedman of The Boston Bodyworker is looking for volunteers to provide 30-minute massages and valuable education to Boston Marathon runners & guests through the inaugural Feel Better Boston event at the Seaport Hotel. MTs will have access to rooms equipped with tables, foam rollers, balls, TheraBands, stretching straps, and much, much more, to help guests prepare & recover throughout the marathon weekend. This event will help educate others about therapeutic massage; proceeds benefit The Martin Richard Foundation & The Massage Therapy Foundation.

Yes! Volunteering is work—and fun. In exchange for your efforts, you will receive:

• Free hotel parking at the hotel; free lunch, snacks, coffee, tea & water

• Free access to Wave Health & Fitness, including pool, locker & steam rooms (to unwind after a fruitful day of volunteerism)

• Free 3-hour CE class: Kinesiology Taping for Common Conditions, presented by Learn2Tape

• Free T-shirts and products from our friends at Biofreeze & Massage Warehouse … and more

Sign up now! The first 30 volunteers will be entered to win 1 of 3 brand new massage tables and products, compliments of our friends at Massage Warehouse & Performance Health! (Total value: over $300)

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For more information, visit www.bostonbodyworker.com/marathon. To sign up to be a volunteer, visit www.bostonbodyworker.com/marathon/volunteer-form.

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