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My apologies for sending out the newsletter so late. Stacey "Boo Boo" Anderson has been sick. Get well soon, Stacey.

This month, Linda “Pepsi” Garner a Certified Laughter Leader for the World Laughter Tour Will be doing a Laughter Club Class.
Laughter Clubs are … simply the best way to bring health, joy, happiness, and peace to patients, clients, coworkers, friends, and family. Laughter Clubs improve quality indicators and contribute to improved case mix scores, offering an integrated mind/
body/spirit activity program. Laughter Clubs combine the ancient practice of Yoga and the modern science of Laughter. A gentle,
laughter-filled session of breathing, stretching, and various laugher exercises can be done seated and typically lasts 30 to 60 minutes.

FREE EVENT

This is an ORANGE COUNTY PUPPETRY GUILD NEWS SPLASH!  I thought you might be interested.

A chance to visit many Pasadena museums and art sites FOR FREE is offered to the public, from 6PM – 10PM, Friday, March 14th.  The Pasadena Museum of History, 470 West Walnut at the corner of Orange Grove (north of Colorado, west of Fair Oaks) presents a 100-year history of women’s purses.  In conjunction with it, a short shadow puppet show by Alan Cook, “The Three Billy Goats Gruff and Their Magic Purses” will be presented in an authentic Finish house with repeat performances and a mini-exhibit of puppets from the Conservatory of Puppetry Arts.

If you can park near the museum, you can catch free shuttle busses to the Pacific Asia Museum, The Armory, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Norton Simon Museum of Art and other destinations.  See www.artnightpasadena.com for map., list of museums & sites & more information.  If you can arrive before 6PM you will be able to visit more sites.    
–Your Vice-President – Pam House-

American Cancer Society-Relay For Life® of Orange.

May 3-4, They would like volunteers to do face-painting, balloons or walk-a-rounds. Celebrate, Remember, and Fight Back on 10am on May 3, 2008 to 10am on May 4, 2008, Orange High School. Please call Jennifer at 714-504-4919 or Pom-Pom at 714-539-4472 for more information.

!Hello COAI members!

I’ll be on my way to Richmond Virginia next month! Times flies when you’re having fun! If anyone is going, please let me know! At the convention general meeting we will have a meet and greet your regional VP. I would love to talk to you! Also, is everyone getting ready to put together their International Clown Week activities? Don’t forget to keep records and turn them in if you a 100 percent alley, as a group, or just as an individual COAI member. They will be reviewed at the 2009 convention. The due date is October 1st. Summer is approaching fast; let’s hope the economy is picking up and the clown calls start coming in!

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The San Diego All Star Clowns are really happy to present a wonderful, fun day here in San Diego with
Steve Bender aka the amazing Ickle Pickle!
Sunday, April 13, 2008
1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. (registration starts at 12:30 p.m.)
He is lecturing and selling his products on both COMEDY MAGIC AND HOSPITAL VISITS!!!
Please send your check in now in order to get the discounted rate! (see details below) Here's the scoop!
The event is being held at the Dana in the Mission Bay area of San Diego
(See The Dana's web-site: www.thedana.com)
The event address is 1710 West Mission Bay Drive; San Diego, CA 92109 Parking is free.
Whether you go to one or both of the seminars the total cost will always be $20.00
if your payment (check, cashiers check or money order) is sent to:
San Diego All Star Clown Club; P.O. Box 712791; San Diego, CA 92111 and postmarked by 3/28/08. 
The payment for envelopes postmarked after that 3/28/08 OR at the door is $28.00
At the door registration can be paid in check, money order, cashiers check or cash. However, Steve Bender/Ickle Pickle will take cash, checks and credit cards when you buy his products.
Steve Bender/Ickle Pickle is very entertaining and you will really enjoy him as well as his seminars.
We are really lucky to have him!
Note: Once you have sent your payment in, there is no refund. 
This event is going to be really fun!  Questions? 
Call Yoo Hoo at 619-291-2720.

WITH MORE & MORE DISASTERS HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD, RED NOSE RESPONSE IS NEEDED MORE THAN EVER.

Many clowns have continually said YES to me when I have asked them to be part of Red Nose Response and even from the beginning when it was then called Red Nose Relief.  But whenever I would contact them, they would not be interested.  Well, I have another way to become involved if you just are giving “LIP SERVCE:  as a response to me.  Many ways to help when disaster hits your area is by dialing “2-1-1-“ (Get Connected Get Answers) from your ‘phone will connect you with volunteer opportunities & community service throughout the country.  In the aftermath of the California wildfires, the American Red Cross (Red Nose Response is an OFFICIAL part of this organization) has even asked many of those interested in volunteering to call this number first;

During the California wildfires last October, many clowns who kept on telling me they would get involved in Red Nose Response  (RNR) since it began as Red Nose Relief, NEVER even contacted me once nor got involved, DID get involved then.  The television cameras were focused on the clowns that were active in the relief efforts and even stated that they were representing Red Nose Response.  The fires ended, the television cameras departed and so did those clowns.  Not even a peep from them nor did they ever contact me, the STATE COORDINATOR for Red Nose Response in California.

On February 23rd & 24th this past month, I, as TWINKLES d’ KLOWN was down at the annual San Diego Cake Clubs CAKE SHOW at La Jolla Village Square.  They raise money in the show for Muscular Dystrophy and when TWINKLES d’ KLOWN walks around with one of their plastic containers for money to be put into, guess what, people REALLY GIVE!  My dad SKNIKKERS would go with me every year.  I brought this up for a reason.

For two days I was there and upstairs by the demonstrations they had an information table.  The woman that was running the table is part of the San Diego Cake club.  She joked that if she won one of the raffle prizes, she couldn’t even put it in her garage.  I questioned her.  She lived in Ramona and since the wildfire last October, she and her family have been living in a shelter.  They are working with the insurance company and will IN THE FUTURE (they don’t know when yet); they will get their house rebuilt.  It was my opening and I asked her if any of the Red Nose Response clowns have been coming there.  Since they arrived last October, not a single clown or RNR person ever was there.  I then asked what I considered the BIG question, which was, “How many times were the television cameras there to film everyone at the shelter?”  Her reply was, “Are you kidding?  What TV Cameras.”  In that moment I felt sad that I even had told her that “my sister Pam” (as I was there as TWINKLES d’ KLOWN) was the California State RNR Coordinator.

I feel that I now have said enough and if you really want to contact me and get involved in Red Nose Response, you will do so.  I prefer ACTION to LIP SERVICE and the choice is up to you.  And to those who really have worked in the disasters and continue to volunteer when and where you are needed, a squeak from my clown nose and a tipping off of my clown hat to you all.  You know who you are.  Pam House – State Coordinator- Red Nose Response.

Your Funny Business Board and Associates:

Stacey Anderson "BooBoo" President/Treasurer
(909)496-8393 clowns4ministry@yahoo.com

Pam "Twinkles d'Clown" House, Vice President/Treasurer
562-431- 5785 klassyklowns1@yahoo.com

Linda Garner, Secretary
949-939-6089 "Pepsie" 1garner3@cox.net

Paulette "Pom-Pom" Rosen, Newsletter Editor,Webdesigner and Webmaster
714/539-4472 pom-pom@ pom-pomclown.com

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