Winter 2010 Food Drive & Open House Results

Down Town Clarion kicks off the Holiday Celebration every year with local discounts, events, late hours and free parking during Customer Appreciation Day.


This year that day was on Monday, November 22 and Reconnecting participated with a Food Drive and Open House.

Regular and New Customers were welcome to a free chair massage and free paraffin dip for hands if they brought 4 dry goods later to be donated to the local Food Bank.

Our doors opened at noon and we quickly spent the day stacking canned and boxed good under the Christmas tree in the waiting room between visits, massages, and paraffin dips as well as tours and scheduling.

By the end of the night we welcomed several new customers as well as counted 85 goods to be donated.

We had fun participating in this years Appreciation Day by giving back to our community and thank all of those who were able to come for the event and look forward to a repeat next year.

Until then, have a blessed Holiday Season.

Up-Coming Event: Cusomer Appreciation Day 2010!

Monday, November 22 is Customer Appreciation Day and we are participating with a Food Drive and Open House.

Bring several canned goods and receive FREE Chair Massage, FREE Paraffin Dip, FREE refreshments and up to 45% off select retail.

If you've not been to our office, this will be a great day to meet some of our Massage Therapists, receive a quick tour, and even buy gift certificates for that special some one on your Christmas list.

Discounts will be offered to new clients who schedule a future massage before leaving!

First Annual Winter Shopping & Pampering Food Drive

On Saturday, November 21 Reconnecting hosted its first ever Winter Shopping and Pampering Food Drive; and, as much as that might have been a tongue twister, the success will be allowing many taste-buds - and bellies, for that matter - in need to have a better holiday this season.

The event cost Four (4) canned goods to enter and provided the guests with a meal of Sloppy Joes, Buffalo Chicken Dip, Grapes & Strawberries, Carrots & Broccoli and drinks.

The guests also got to buy unique Christmas gifts from Mary Kay, Watkins, Pampered Chef, Party Lite, a local wood craft booth and/or a primitive craft-maker booth.

And, of course, Massage Therapy, Paraffin Dip, and Reflexology pamperings were offered the whole day, making this Shopping Experience far superior over Black Friday, hands down.

Not only was it alot of fun, but we collected 73 goods and nearly $100 for Clarion's Food Bank!!

Thank you to all who came out and made this such a success; and, hopefully we'll see all of you next year.

Reconnecting Mini-Retreat

Every year, my massage association Associated Massage & Bodywork Professionals (ABMP) sponsors Everybody Deserves a Massage Week, requesting massage therapists to not only spend some time educating their community about massage but also finding a way to give back.

This was the first year I was able to contribute and, apparently, decided to do it big. For the first time since I've been in business, Reconnecting hosted a Charity Event: Reconnecting Mini-Retreat, with all the proceeds benefiting Charitable Deeds in Clarion.

The Mini-Retreat offered three pamperings for $25 with choices between Hypno-meditation, chair massage, reflexology, and Mary Kay Satin Hands and paraffin dip. Along with the Mary Kay booth, we also had a Pampered Chef consultant, purse party booth, and Young Living Essential oils.

Everybody who offered some sort of service also participated in the Chinese auction which included gift certificates for massage or reflexology, a Dolce and Gabanna hand bag, a Pampered Chef Mandolin, a flower arrangement from Flowers and Bows, among other items.

All in all, it was a fun day for me, vendors and volunteers, and visitors, who all walked away with a bag containing information from just about every business who participated and a few vouchers for future services.

I think I'm safe in saying it was a success as I report gifting Charitable Deeds $362 solely from this event!

And, because it was so much fun, there's talk of doing something before Christmas this winter . . . only time will tell.