Health & Fitness

Kin Center Expanding Services; Searches For Practioners, Instructors

The wellness and support center for cancer patients is expanding its programmatic slate to include reflexology, acupuncture and massage.

Melissa Wellington provides an oncology massage.
Melissa Wellington provides an oncology massage. (Kin Center)

BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP, Pa. ? Kin Wellness and Support Center has launched a search for additional practitioners and instructors as part of an expansion of its services.

Kin, an all-inclusive wellness and support center that provides free integrative services, fitness, therapy, and support to cancer patients across Bucks County, is expanding its programmatic slate to include reflexology, acupuncture and massage.

Kin already has an impressive roster of 39 experts providing world-class care for nearly 200 cancer patients and their caregivers across Bucks County.

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Through the expansion, Kin is seeking to bolster a few key areas where more practitioners are needed to meet the needs of its guests. Currently massage, acupuncture and reflexology are in high demand and identifying more experts who want to support local cancer patients in these specific areas is a key priority for Kin.

"We are looking for people who want to give for goodness sake and have a compassionate desire to help locals in need. The environment here at Kin is really a non-medical healing oasis.One of our strengths is in the level of the services we provide and the amazing local practitioners and instructors who provide that care,? shares Kristina Fenimore, director of Kin.

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Dr. Shelly Hayes, Fox Chase Cancer Center and Executive Board Member of Kin adds, ?As an oncologist, I have seen the toll that cancer treatments take on patients, both physically and mentally. I have witnessed life changing transformations in numerous patients because of the services they have partaken in at Kin. I want to continue to offer these services to my patients,I encourage practitioners who can donate their time to consider supporting Kin and join others who have been so gracious to offer their time and talents to this most important and needed Center!?

Volunteer acupuncturist Dr. Kara Szumski of Ease Healing Studio shares, ?I?m a single mom living in Bucks County with a thriving practice in Philadelphia. Carving out time to giveback wasn?t easy, but Kin has been so fulfilling. What started out as a monthly donation of my time,has turned into weekly. I?d encourage anyone working in integrative wellness to come in and experience Kin first-hand.

?The level of care we have curated is exceptional, and moreover the dedication and compassion that comes from these practitioners and instructors who donate their time as volunteers has impacted our guests in immeasurable ways. We will continue to seek out the best of the best,both in talent and spirit, as we look to increase our partnerships with practitioners and instructors across Bucks County,? said Keith Fenimore, the executive director at Kin.

Are you licensed and certified? Do you have a willingness to give back? Do you want to support locals in need? Consider volunteering with Kin. Get in touch to set up a private tour,email hello@welcometokin.org or call 267-544-5981. Learn more at www.welcometokin.org.

Kin is an all-inclusive 5,000 square foot retreat, offering support, fitness, therapy and integrative services. Kin is inspired by local Bucks County resident Corinne Sikora, who battled both brain and breast cancer.

The center is free to Bucks County residents battling cancer regardless of where they are receiving treatment and welcomes caregivers as well. Free programs include: nutrition, yoga, fitness, one-on-one counseling, support groups, workshops, massage,reflexology, reiki, chiropractic, acupuncture, and facials.

Kin is a unique center that looks to satisfy the emotional, social and physical needs of cancer patients. The success of Kin is made possible through generous donations from the local Bucks County community. Kin?s mission is to help people find calm and peace and center themselves in a restorative environment.

The non-profit strives to bring people to a place where they feel empowered to manage their diagnoses through treatment, recovery and beyond. Kin is run and operated through the non-profit Main St. Missions nonprofit.

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