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Cancer patients undergoing treatments like chemotherapy and radiation can feel alienated, but the healing touch of a trained wellness professional can ease their pain and help them feel a little better, even if it’s only for an hour or two.

For the third year in a row

For the third year in a row, spas across the globe are invited by the Faye’s Light Organization to unify for Sparks of Light Day on November 6. In Sparks of Light encourages spas from all over the world to provide free treatment services to those undergoing active cancer treatments as well as their caregivers. Internationally, spas in Bali, Haiti, and India are joining forces with hundreds of U.S. spas this year.

Local organizations

“Proudly, three Canyon Ranch locations are partnering with local organizations to invite people into our spas for this event,” says Deirdre Strunk, executive spa director of Canyon Ranch SpaClub. “Unfortunately, like so many others, I have first-hand experience dealing with the impact of cancer on a loved one. This event will have an immeasurably positive impact on our guests and our team. We are offering a variety of gentle services such as massage, facials, manicures and pedicures – whatever pampering, healing offering suits these deserving guests best.”

Sparks of Light

Sparks of Light was inspired by founder of Faye’s Light, Vicky Weis. Vicky endured a 13-month-long journey helping her mother, Faye, through lung, brain, and liver cancer. Sadly, her mother lost her battle in 1995.

“I have never forgotten how much she loved it when I would polish her nails and massage her hands and feet,” Weis says on her website. “She was able to relax and feel more attractive, and definitely felt loved.”

With much success

With this in mind, Weis continued on by creating Faye’s Light, a clinic in Chicago that offers free treatments for clients with cancer, in 2005. They clinic has provided 17,000 free treatments that were completely funded by donations. With much success, Weis wanted to create a system that inspired spas all over the world to provide services for free at least once a year. Now, she accommodates participating spas with treatment protocols, basic guidelines for treating clients with cancer, and email templates for potential guests.

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Awarded by numerous publications and organizations for her innovative entrepreneurial skills, Jen Groover will share her expertise on March 6 at the American Spa’s Women in Wellness Leadership Conference with a session on “Building a Brand with Impact and Influence.” From yet-to-be realized personal passion projects to enhancing the impact of your current efforts, she will reveal best practices for innovation, evolution, and entrepreneurship. Groover is the founder of the multi-million-dollar Butler Bag brand, the world’s first compartmentalized handbag, and multiple other lifestyle brands, such as Empowered by Jen Groover, and entrepreneurial empowerment efforts, such as Leader Girlz, which teaches young girls the importance of empowerment through play. Groover was tagged by Success Magazine as a “One-Woman Brand,” a “Creativity and Innovation Guru,” and by Entrepreneur magazine as a leading “Serial Entrepreneur.” She was recently nominated as a UN delegate to the first-ever Global Accelerator for the Global Entrepreneurs Council. And she made history at the New York Stock Exchange as a member of the first all-female group to ring the opening bell.

This fall, Groover is relaunching her best-selling What If? & Why Not?, with updated resources; Optimized Potential; and #Empowered, which is based on her one-hour PBS special. A top business and lifestyle contributor and content creator for major television networks such as ABC, CBS, CNBC, NBC, Fox News, and more, Groover has also contributed to a host of publications and online resources including The Huffington Post, Entrepreneur magazine, and HealthyStyle NY.

The success and momentum of Groover’s empowerment movement led her to launch the Empowered Economy Initiative, which encourages corporations and universities to combine efforts in order to educate and support small business owners and entrepreneurs in their communities, thereby stimulating the economy. She is also an advisor and partner for a new company called Thuzio, started by Tiki Barber and Mark Gerson, which is an innovative business model blending sports management and sports entertainment.

Most recently, Groover launched an innovative economic and innovation movement for entrepreneurs and small business owners called Jumpstart StartUp, a first of its kind pop-up shop that launched in Philadelphia in October 2016 and is currently expanding to 10 cities nationwide. The groundbreaking venture features a curated matchmaking conversion of business experts, global brands, and entrepreneurs, creating an inspired experience to support small business growth and accelerate brands.

Industry leaders are calling for the declaration of World Bathing Day.

At the second annual Global Thermal Think Tank, held recently at Glen Ivy Hot Springs in Corona, CA, industry leaders advocated for a petition declaring June 22 World Bathing Day.

“Hot springs are the origin of life and water is a healing solution with global impact,” says Ingo Schweder, CEO of GOCO Hospitality and Glen Ivy Hot Springs. “Access to water, especially mineral water, has a major impact on the health and prospects of the world.”e.

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