I have a Love Center, In my Time, In my Space, and I Realize it                                 Balanced Hemispheres for a Balanced Life                                  In my here and now, I Choose to Be in my Heart

Foundation for Balance and Harmony
is a non-profit organization dedicated to

"Healing the Planet, One Person at a Time"


FOUNDATION HISTORY/TIMELINE:

April 2002:  Founded by Dennis Lortie, Stacey "Daisy" Shlakman & Shawn Adler

April 2002: Began program to work with children in San Marcos to enhance their learning abilities and to help them overcome learning disabilities such as Dyslexia and ADD.

June 2002:   Incorporated in Virginia, U.S.A.

January 2003: Began a learning enhancement program in the elementary school of San Marcos based upon Kinesiology, Brain Gym and Pedagogy exercises.  

August 2003: Designated by IRS as a non-profit

September 2003: Purchased first lot of crystals to sell on the internet.

November 2003: Opened first shopping cart at 2Checkout.

January 2004: Continued our learning enhancement program in the elementary school of San Marcos for the 2004 school year and also began to train local teachers.

July 2004: Helped the Energy Kinesiology Awareness Council to get started and to get their 501(c)3 non-profit status.

November 2004: Opened new shopping cart based upon the open source program oscommerce.

January 2005: Continued our learning enhancement program in the elementary school of San Marcos for the 2005 school year and continued to train local teachers.

March 2005: Launched pedagogy learning website: www.ffbh-pedagogy.org/

January 2006: Began a learning enhancement program  in the elementary school of San Pedro for their 2006 school year and continued to train local teachers.

September 2006: Hired our first writer to help us provide more unique and quality content for anyone wishing to learn more about crystal healing. 

January 2007: Began a learning enhancement program in the elementary school of San Juan for their 2007 school year and continued to train local teachers.

December 2007: Launched Crystal Divination Cards for educational purposes and to help support personal growth.

February 2008: Daisy Shlakman volunteered for several weeks in McLeodgan, India to work with children using Kinesiology and Brain Gym exercises.  Read more about her trip and our work there and see some pictures of Daisy working with another volunteer and some children. 

July 2008: Became the coordinator for the Energy Therapy Network.

August 2008: Helped the International House of Reiki (based in Australia) get incorporated in the United States and to gain their 501(c)3 non-profit status.

September 2008: Hired author Kristi Huggins to create more instructional content on our website.

November 2008: Dennis and Daisy visited the Starfish School in Brazil to work with the students and teachers.

January 2009: Began a learning enhancement program for the entire school district around Lake Atitlan, Guatemala and continued to train local teachers.

June 2009: Launched www.Crystalwiki.com for the purpose of providing free information on the web consistent with our goal to "Promote the education and use of crystals to support healing".

August 2009: Launched www.energytherapynetwork.org to help support the Energy Therapy Network group of the Mid-Atlantic States.

September 2009: Launched beta version of Healing Profiles, our newest project "Helping to support Healers everywhere."

October 2009: Contributed crystals to support the 17th Annual Prayer Vigil for the Earth.  If you would like us to send crystals to support your event, please send us an email with details of how you will be using these crystals to help support healing.

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