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The United Aromatherapy Effort, (UAE) is a not-for-profit Charitable organization born out of the September 11th tragedy. The mission of UAE is to provide stress relief and aromatherapy to relief workers during emergency work and afterwards. We collect and disseminate donated aromatherapy products to those affected by disaster in conjunction with chair massage. It is for this reason that the United Aromatherapy Effort teamed up with the Emergency Response Massage International (ERMI) to provide assistance to those dedicated and heroic individuals. ERMI's mission is to provide a 15 minute stress relief chair massage to first responders and relief workers following a disaster or other critical incident. Historically we have responded to NY (2001), Florida Hurricanes (2004) and most recently the Gulf Coast affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Scroll down to explore our most recent work. Please download our NEW BROCHURE in the right sidebar; the unique design and distinctive layout was a creative gift to the UAE by the young and talented Iris Sela. Thank you Iris.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES
We are sending supplies to our staging area in Huntington Beach, CA. Deb Halvorson, Aromatherapist, (NAHA Director) UAE ANGEL has stepped up and volunteered to collect and house, disseminate to teams. Please send donations to her: Deb Halvorson, 5602 Mangrum Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. Check Supplies Tab above to see whats needed and email Deborah (Phone:714-955-9264) for immediate details of what has been received and what is needed. Pass the word.
HURRICANES KATRINA & RITA
We are sending supplies to Waveland/Bay St. Louis, MS area. One box has been sent already and was so appreciated, that Geraldine is heading down with gallons of bug spray, Bach supplies, (any thing else we can gather) and her chair June 29; anyone wishing to join her to work can do so too. We need empty spray bottles for the bug spray, inhalers of all types (uplifting, allergies, sinus)and any other sprays/roll-ons, ready to hand out. THANK YOU for responding to this call :
October, 2006: LARGEST DONATION EVER of aromatherapy product- 3000 bottles of diffusor blends by New Vision arrived around September 11, 2006. What a way to start our 5th year off! Thank you Sheena and New Vision for giving us stock for the future.
July, 2006 FSMTA Conference: we raised some funds for UAE but best of all Staci Zaffuto of Earth Gear donated a wonderful new massage chair. Bless you Staci and EarthGear!.
June, 2006: UAE katrina interview article by Sara Holmes is now posted to the NAHA website under this new area titled 'Friends of Aromatherapy. Interview with Founder of United Aromatherapy, Sylla Sheppard-Hanger and Jim Weldy, Katrina Distaster Mortuary Relief
April, 2006: we just finished a sucessful fund-raiser at the ACT Conference in St. Petersburg, Florida. Check out the Updates page for details and photos! We were able to raise close to $1000 to keep UAE going!
Meanwhile one of our friends we met in Biloxi sent this link to a story: Rising from Ruin an ongoing MSNBC.com story chronicaling two Mississippi towns, Bay St. Louis and Waveland as they rebuild from Katrina.
December 18, 2005 Louisiana: the teams have just finished working two weeks on Fire/Relief personel in Baton Rouge; then on to New Orleans to work on the Police Department!! In total so far this year: teams provided about 2500 massage all together. An amazing 60 therapists volunteered their time and worked between both Mississippi and Louisiana. All teams handed out your wonderful donations to loving hands. We are standing down until after the first of the year to rest up and prepare more supplies which will go into New Orleans after the first of the year. Please visit the Supplies page for latest needs to replenish our shelves for the 2006 continuing Relief Effort.
December 12, 2005: a sadly descriptive journal of the destruction in todays St. Petersburg Times called Immersed in Katrina's miseries Immersed in Katrina's miseries by Marty Normile. It is true, every word, we have seen it; be humbled, read it.
December 6, 2005 Louisiana: ERMI team has begun working in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at the Fire Department, Central Station. Check the Gallery to see our photos of the first UAE deployment with ERMI in Biloxi and Gulfport and some of the FEMA/MEMA workers.
November 27, 2005-Mississippi: we have finished 8 weeks of work and giving out supplies in Gulfport/Biloxi region where we were welcome with open arms, the MS Dept of Health, CISM thanks CERMT/ERMI from the heart.
October 27, 2005: mores supplies are needed, especially inhalers- the air is BAD down there! Updates of our recent deployment to follow shortly along with pictures of the devastation of the Mississippi coast!check the NAHA site for a some photos of us working and Camp Runamuk, our staging area for supplies.
October 10, 2005: FEMA/MEMA requests ERMI to work the Mississippi Emergency Joint Field Operations Center in Biloxi for the next 2 weeks.
September 24: The newly formed international team ERMI -Emergency Response Massage International began working in Mississippi. The United Aromatherapy Effort is supplying aromatherapy donations to all areas affected. If you are licensed massage therapist and want to help please contact CERMT to volunteer, (and be patient, the relief effort will last a long time, please give DougE time to get email/calls, he is one busy guy :-)
As of August 30, 2005 we are taking donations to go to those affected by Katrina. On Friday, September 2, the first box of sprays were sent to Shreveport, our staging area for upcoming deployments. Meanwhile, just like last year, please send your donations as described below and under Supplies tab. ANY pre-made, ready to hand out personal purification spritzers - any sizes or bulk - any safe blends are desparately needed ASAP. Make them strong, up to 50% oil to alcohol/water ratio, so they go a long way in refreshing the air. Check under Updates for daily news and under Supplies for changing needs news.
BIG THANK YOUS to the following FIRST RESPONDERS for their speedy donations:
"UAE ANGEL AWARD" goes to Nina Dolese @ Universal Therapeutic Aromas for the LARGEST FINANCIAL DONATION EVER RECIEVED, on top of her speedy aromatic donations to Shreveport. THANK YOU Nina, now we can buy the supplies we need.
(THIS SITE WAS SET UP AFTER THE SEPTEMBER 11 TRAGEDY. THE NY RELIEF EFFORT IS OVER, BUT THIS SITE SHALL ALWAYS STAND IN TRIBUTE TO THE PEOPLE WHO CAME TOGETHER TO HELP). And little did we know what we started..... Please feel free to visit our Updates pages for more information about past and upcoming deployments to New York City. Our Gallery pages will contain photos and other multimedia exhibits from our trips.
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Sylla Sheppard-Hanger, Director of the Atlantic Institute of Aromatherapy, volunteered to co-ordinate the efforts toward aromatherapy being available during the mission and worked closely with Doug in assembling the necessary materials to ensure we were well represented in New York City. Sylla currently manages the collecting of products, coordinates the utilization of aromatherapy by volunteer therapists and works alongside the other therapists. In addition she directs the Adopt-A-Station Program. You may email her at 
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