COMEDYCURES LAUGHINGLUNCH™
WHO CAN ATTEND & WHAT IS THIS LAUGHINGLUNCH™?
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The ComedyCures LaughingLunch™ is a FREE humor-filled, therapeutic, uniquely designed comedy experience for people living with illness, depression, trauma and disabilities. Each "attendee*" (as defined by our mission) may bring 1 to 3 family members, friends and/or direct caregivers as their guests. (Featured by The CBS Early Show!)
In addition to "attendees", "direct caregivers" and "professional caregivers" and "health care or trauma relief agency staff" are encouraged to attend and may invite at least one "patient" and/or "client". "Widows" are also entitled to attend with a support person(s), if desired.
Oprah’s 2005 book names Saranne Rothberg, ComedyCures Founder, as one of her Top 100 Most Inspirational lives in her anthology, Live Your Best Life! 
COMPILATION OF REVIEWS:
"For anyone eager to answer Oprah's call to "live your best life," here is the ultimate, all-around self-discovery book. This first annual edition of Live Your Best Life: A Treasury of Wisdom, Wit, Advice, Interviews, and Inspiration from O, The Oprah Magazine pulls together over 100 of the most empowering, energizing, and entertaining articles from the magazine's last two years....
A bit surprisingly, some of the more stick-in-your-head essays and profiles are by and about people who are far from household names, but who are putting their souls into work that's bettering themselves and world...like "everyday hero" Saranne Rothberg, who founded the nonprofit ComedyCures, to bring humor to people who, like herself, have faced a cancer diagnosis...
Filled with brilliant advice from experts like Dr. Phil, Suze Orman, Martha Beck, and Oprah herself, the book is divided into three sections. "Your Personal Best" focuses on emotional and physical well-being—from Oprah's own weight-loss secrets to ways to gain confidence, serenity, and balance. "Relationships" has the tools and insights everyone needs to form warmer, more satisfying connections with those near, dear, and even not-so-dear to us.
And, in true Oprah style, "Living in the World" helps the reader think about how to make her life more meaningful and useful. This rich, collectible volume is a resource that readers will keep returning to for answers and inspiration."
2003 Conference Presenter
- "Wellness Jokebook Workshop: A Therapeutic Community Service Project"
2005 Conference Presenter
- "Recharging Your Humor Batteries... Don't Let Life Fracture Your Funnybone"
This is a powerful hands-on learning, laughter, and relaxation experience. While architecting a network of support and professional development you will be creating a framework of hope and fun for your "personal recharge plan."
ComedyCures ® Founder
Saranne Rothberg was chosen as one of Oprah’s 100
most inspirational lives in Oprah’s book, “Live Your
Best Life.” Saranne is a woman with a simple goal—to
help you find joy in your journey. Saranne founded The ComedyCures
Foundation, from her breast cancer chemo chair in 1999 when she threw
her first “Chemo Comedy Party!” She and her daughter
discovered that therapeutic comedy served as a great family coping
strategy as they dealt with Saranne’s early stage IV cancer
diagnosis. Saranne is now cancer-free and her non-profit entertainment
organization has reached millions of patients of all ages and their
caregivers.
Saranne Rothberg and her professional ComedyCures Humor
Ambassadors bring joy, laughter, and therapeutic humor programs
to kids and grown-ups living with illness depression, trauma and
disabilities. Through large & small
scale therapeutic comedy programs, they entertain and educate patients, families
and caregivers about the healing power of a comic perspective and the positive
benefits of laughter on the body, mind, and spirit. Love, laughter and hope
are communicated in every aspect of these unique ComedyCures programs. The
ComedyCures Foundation tickles funny bones! ComedyCures serves diverse audiences.
Saranne’s cancer journey and The ComedyCures Foundation’s programs
have also been featured by the media worldwide including live, in-studio appearances
on Good Morning America and CNN’s Health & Happiness Medical Special.
Other media coverage has included CBS Network News, PBS, NBC, ABC, NPR, YAHOO,
The NY Times, Family Circle, Coping and many other publications.
Saranne has collaborated with many Fortune 500 Companies and the most prominent
organizations, conventions and schools across America. Saranne was the first
therapeutic humor consultant called to Ground Zero immediately post 9/11. In
May of 2005 The ComedyCures Foundation produced the first large scale event
on Broadway for the families of September 11 th, as commissioned by the Rotary
International. Saranne was honored to produce a major therapeutic “Homecoming
Event” for US Marines returning from Iraq. In addition, she designed
an intimate therapeutic evening for bombing victims from Israel.
Saranne has helped several hundred thousand people at several hundred live
events rediscover their funny bones, including humanitarian relief mission
performances with orphans in Asia. She has produced ComedyCures shows in four
languages, including a benefit for Katrina Victims with 750 children. In the
spring, Saranne helped launch a college program inspired by her work. Her ComedyCures
1-888-HA-HA-HA-HA LaughLine ® reaches as many as 4,000 people per month.
Approximately 38,000 of her playful Wellness Joke Book pages have been created
and circulated around the world, including many delivered to the troops in
the Middle East. Her latest success is ComedyCures LaughingLunch ® at the
Broadway Comedy Club in New York City, a free bi-monthly event for adult patients
and caregivers.
Born in Philadelphia, and educated in Los Angeles, New York and Italy, Saranne
holds degrees in Broadcast Journalism, Humanities, Special Education Consulting,
and Italian Language and Culture. She has received grants from the US Government,
major corporations and foundations to support her studies, research and innovative
programs. She has been given many humanitarian awards and recognitions
for her ground-breaking work. She is a former AATH Treasurer and serves as a
Strategic Board Advisor. She was recently selected as one of “New York’s
Most Powerful Women” but she just loves being a mom of her ComedyCures
Co-Founder, Lauriel, now 14 years old.
www.comedycures.org
Make an appointment with yourself to laugh each day!
Your body doesn't actually care if a joke is funny.
Gold Member since 2002 