
About HMVP

Samuel Schoonover Co-Director
MA Counselling, Massage Therapist and Teacher in California since 1981 CA State Department Ed, Office Private Post-secondary School Ed Code Section 94311(d)(3) #2800181. Founded the non-profit the Tender Loving Care Holistic Health Foundation. Samuel with trained volunteers taught the TLC Back/Hand Massage to 2,100 family members with life-limiting/chronic illnesses w/cancer, etc. at summer camps. Authored TLC HHF instruction booklet entitled “Learn to exchange Compassionate Touch. Served 80 children at a Children’s Hospice, the George Marks Children’s House and served 70 families at the Family House like a Ronald McDonald House. We gave a one-quarter college course at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) and taught TLC Techniques to students who became volunteers and received five units of credit. Published an article in the PChiPPS Pediatric Palliative Care newsletter 2012 Issue 29 released in conjunction National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. "Learn Healing Touch and Holistic Health Games: Life-Changing, Therapeutic, Fun, and Free"
www.nhpco.org/sites/default/files/public/ChiPPS/ChiPPS_November-2012_issue-29.pdf.
Military Service
United States Marine Corps 1969-1971
Vietnam Era Veteran
Corporal E-4