humor
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joy,
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when you need it most.
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live a little, laugh a lot.
The ComedyCures Foundation is here 24/7 to tickle your funny bone.
Through our award-winning digital programs and live events, ComedyCures entertains, educates, and helps you develop your superpowers of laughter, hope, joy, play, and a comic perspective.
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Saranne hosts this hilarious online experience with two comedy families.
Join our next JokeFest event!
(Fun for all ages.)
Call our free 24/7 ComedyCures LaughLine® to hear or tell a joke.
Press 1 to hear a professional comedian.
Press 2 to hear an amateur joke teller.
Press 3 to record your jokes and laughter.
1-888-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha
(1-888-424-2424)
The Feel Good Virtual Event of 2021
5-day live online wellness event packed with joy, humor, laughter and fun.
Replay Videos will be available soon!
We will resume LIVE online in the Fall 2021.
Drop by for a laugh and great tips at our weekly, 30-minute live online wellness experience.
Hosted by Saranne.
ComedyCures and The Laughing Cow Are Spreading Laughter
Join our virtual online globe of laughter. Record your laugh and hear laughs from all over the world. You even get an audio sticker of your laugh.
Join Our Upcoming Research Study
We're looking to help female patients living with metastatic cancer.
Book a creative consult with us to discuss a customized event for your organization or a sponsorship of our award-winning programs.
The 2021 Laughter Summit has dynamic sponsorships available at all levels.
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Performers Bureau
Whether you're planning a hospital program, convention, holiday party, HR event, or special occasion, ComedyCures comedians and speakers are diverse, professional, experienced, and hilarious. Contact us to book our founder, Saranne, or any of our performers!
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A little more about ComedyCures
Saranne Rothberg founded The ComedyCures Foundation in 1999 from her chemo chair and she is still cancer-free.
Our award-winning, non-profit organization has impacted over one million people of all ages with the help of the world's funniest comedians through digital and live programming on four continents.
We collaborate and bring feel-good comedy to medical centers, non-profit organizations, corporations, U.S. military, schools and media outlets to improve health outcomes, break down isolation and build authentic connections among patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals.
The ComedyCures Foundation is a 501(C)3 not-for-profit organization.
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Collaborations & Recognition
Here are a few of our cool accomplishments:
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Founder, Saranne Rothberg, was celebrated as Oprah’s Hero in Oprah's New York Times Bestseller, “Live Your Best Life”
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First Mobile Health Conference with the First Ladies From Around the World (UN and WHO)
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FundaySunday on Broadway, Therapeutic Reunion for the Families of September 11
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1010 WINS Daily ComedyCures LaughingLunch Break Comedy Radio Segments with over 100 Comedians
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First comedy event in the history of the United Nations, the launch of UN Women, the International Year of Youth, and the 52nd Congress to End Violence Against Women Worldwide with the Secretary-General
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CME Programs including “Comedy for Healthcare Professionals” with Wyeth, MedPageToday and Physicians Academy at ACEHP (Alliance for Continuing Education for Healthcare Professionals)
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The ComedyCures Foundation’s Case Study won GW University Business School's Social Entrepreneurship Award
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Wellness Day Events for many corporate partners including Marriott, Oxford Healthcare, Aetna, Quest Diagnostics and many others
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Creation of over 100,000 pages of Wellness JokeBooks, the first non-essential item shipped by the Red Cross into Kuwait during Iraq War
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Kids programs for Ronald McDonald House, Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang, Camp Dream Street, Camp Quality and others
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One of the first therapeutic support organizations brought to Ground Zero to provide relief and respite
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The Foundation Center’s Most Promising Charity and Founder Grant
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Collaborations with Universities including Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, NYU and many others
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E!/NBC/UNIVERSAL donated $10,000 to ComedyCures as the favorite charity of The Funniest Dance Show
ComedyCures has collaborated with over 1000 partners around the globe to impact diverse populations. Here are a few of the organizations:
Because of Covid our outreach is now more critical than ever.
