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AUTUMN IS ALWAYS AN EXCITING TIME
FOR THE ISPA FOUNDATION! Last month saw
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the official release of the 2018 U.S. Spa Industry Study,
which is funded each year by the ISPA Foundation—and,
ISPA FOUNDATION
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
therefore, by all the amazing people who donate to our
cause every year.
Autumn is also when we have the ISPA Foundation Live
OFFICERS
and Silent Auctions, which are our single biggest fundraisers
CHAIRMAN
Frank Pitsikalis
ResortSuite
each year. And although I’m writing this letter just before the
2018 ISPA Conference & Expo, every donated item will have
VICE CHAIRMAN
Sharilyn Abbajay
Mattison Avenue Salon Spa Suites
already been auctioned off by the time you read it. Stay
tuned for the November issue of Pulse, which will feature
DIRECTORS
Garrett Mersberger
ISPA Chairman
Scott Duncan
ISPA Vice Chairman
Lynne McNees
ISPA President
updates on all the amazing things at Conference this year, as well as highlights from the Live
and Silent Auctions.
Yet there are other, smaller ways to donate to the ISPA Foundation throughout the year that
perhaps you don’t know about. One way is to use smile.amazon.com, where you can set your
charity to the International Spa Association Foundation. Of every
purchase you make on Amazon, 0.5
MEDICAL ADVISOR
Brent Bauer, M.D.
Mayo Clinic
percent of the sale will be donated to
the ISPA Foundation. It may not seem
like much, but it adds up quickly if you
HONORARY BOARD
MEMBERS
Ruth Stricker
The Marsh, A Center for
Balance and Fitness
use Amazon as much as I do.
For a more unique way to give back
to our community, you can purchase
Deborah Szekely
WELLNESS WARRIOR
one-of-kind art from St. Louis-based
artist James Payne, better known as
The ISPA Foundation
wishes to thank the following
supporters for their generous
contributions:
LUMINARY
Gecko the Mad Scientist. Browse his catalog of works using the link at the bottom of the page;
50 percent of any purchase made from that catalog will go to the ISPA Foundation. In many
ways, the energy he brings to his paintings is the same as the energy you all bring to your spas
and businesses every day! I hope you enjoy his works as much as I do—I recently put one of
Ruth Stricker
BENEFACTOR
his paintings up in my home.
Dr. Howard Murad
PATRON
Red Door Spas
ResortSuite
—fraNk Pitsikalis, isPa fouNdatioN cHairMaN
Visit http://joom.ag/AsFY to browse Gecko’s art. Fifty percent of each
purchase goes to the ISPA Foundation.
October 2018
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