Editor:

Thank you to over 100 people who attended our celebration of National Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Day on Thursday evening, October 23rd. We were so pleased to have provided 78 free acupuncture treatments, 44 free chair massages and to be able to introduce over 40 people to their first experience ever of acupuncture. We hope you enjoyed Ellie Hayes’ Tai Chi demonstrations and experienced Shelly Ehrman’s or Joann Dwyer’s chair massages.

This community event demonstrated to us the need for more access to acupuncture. If you are like many Vermonters who would like this service covered under your health care plan, please talk to your legislator about supporting healthcare equality, and insisting this natural, low cost medical service is a part of your plan. Everyone deserves to choose their modality of health care.

We’ll continue to offer $10 acupuncture every Thursday evening at 156 Main Street in Montpelier, as we have for almost five years.

To your health.

Kerry, Josh, Jen and Vanessa

Integrative Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

Montpelier