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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2000)
Clowns for Children's Hospital,
The Clown Program at
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Doing the Dance, -- Jim Ellis, Social Work (and Clown) at
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Drawing
out the Spirit, Editorial by Shobi Dobi
Clown
Chaplaincy,
by Gina Rose Helpern and
the
Chaplaincy Institute for Arts and Interfaith
Ministries.
"I
Could Even Cry with This Clown" Lolli and Pops -- Ken
and Stella Thiessen, Hospice Clowns of Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
Little Dover Books
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Vol. 5 No. 2
Richard Snowberg and the Caring Clown
Gateway to the Heart, a Day of Caring clowning at the
2000 COAI National Convention.
About being Part of the Hospital Care Giving Team
(Pediatric)
Working Through FEAR
Eloise Cole, Grief counselor and clown
Los
Payasos, Dancing by the Bedside of Death,
a poem by Victoria Millard, from Seattle, WA
Payasas! Payasos!
Clowning in the Hills
of Guatemala, by Shobi
Ripples of Love from Russia,
by Sara Mixson of Seattle Washington
Blessings, the Clown Rev. Judi Rowe,
Clinical Pastoral
Chaplain, Orlando Florida
Taking Time, Taking Risks from Jeff McMullen
Rise Management, by Shobi
The Dignity of Risk, Education of Exceptional Children. Dr. Bruce Ostertag of the California State University
Story Telling Gloves
Janie’s
Coloring Hats
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Vol. 5 No. 3
Clown Docs of St. Louis Children's Hospital
and Washington University School of Medicine
Adding to Our Bag of Magic Augmenting Our Practice,
Reiki by Siddeswari Sullivan,
The Magic Circle
by Camila Cryski
The Sacred Clown, by Dagen
Julty Julty
Over the Rainbow, by Mary O'Brien of Boise Idaho
A story of a brave young girl in oncology
Pierre's Laughter from John Lynch
Clowning in a World of Hurt . . . Shelters,
Marilyne Gustafson and Shobi
Face Painting in the Hospital by Shobi Dobi
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Vol. 5 No. 4
“Wo Ai Ni!” (I love you!) Cover page
Clowning in China with Patch Adams,
by Shobi Dobi and the 44 clowns who went to Mainland
China with People to People Ambassadors
[A
big file, be patient]
How
Would You Like to Spend the Rest of Your Life,. . . Sitting on the Edge of a
Giggle,
by Shobi Dobi
Worry Dolls and Other Little Creatures to Watch over
You, Give-always to make for patients
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Vol. 6 No. 1
Per
Mission to Play Binging the Spirit of Play into the Hospital Setting. (Cover shows doctors from
Calgary getting their heads shaved in support of Kids Cancer Care Foundation of
Alberta Canada) .
. . and Stuff
to Play With Puppets, give-aways
etc.
Compassionate Touch
Augmenting our practice: Adding to our “Bag” of Tricks.
Putuo Orphanage, China Photos from the China trip Vol 5-4
The Shanghai Five
by Marcy “Nurse Ducky” Graves.
After seeing the children in China with Cleft pallets, Marcy
was instrumental in bring many of these children to the
USA for treatment.
There’s
Still a Foot of Snow in the Back Yard, but the Pussy Willows are Blooming!
By Janet Koschzeck of
Whitehorse Yukon
The Magic of Silence
by Susan “Rosie” Prindle
Miss
Loosie, the Clown from Calgary and the Calgary
Caring Clowns
BeBop - Auroroa Drause - Caring Clown from San
Antonio Texas
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Vol. 6 No.
2
Caroline Simonds and Le Rire Médecin,
Paris France
The story of how Caroline started and developed Le Rire
Médecin, the very successful Clown Doctor program in
France.
ER. . . . Eggshell Row: Tales from Mona O’Lovely
(Mona is Shobi’s hospital clown partner - she is a puppet,
but don’t let her hear you say that.
FTC (Foundation for Therapeutic Clowning) Gets
Some Very Special Funding. By Arne Swensen of
Scottsdale AZ
A View form the Other Side . . . of the Funny Bone
Repair Unit. By Boomer aka Allen Bryant of Boise Idaho
who was visited in the hospital by his fellow caring clowns.
The Anything But Serious Clowns
by Valerie Haley of
Daytona Ohio.
The
Anything But Serious Clowns GIve-Aways
Creating the Play Space by Camilla Gryski of Toronto
Canada. Posy clowns at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick
Children.
The Gentle Art of
Connecting, Laura Haldane of Mesa,
AZ (nursing home)
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This is the issue of The Hospital Clown Newsletter published after 9/11 (2001).
Shobi was in England at that time at a Clowns International Festival. I bought
this print of a Hobo Clown by Chuck Oberstein at an auction on September 10,
2001 - the night before tragedy struck Wall Street and the World Trade Center
Buildings.
I've never been really interested in the Hobo clown, but for some reason
(unknown that night) my hand went up during the auction and I had the high bid.
So I just took it home and put it on my desk in the hotel wondering why I had
bought a print of a painting of a hobo shedding a tear over the stock mark crash
of the 1920's.
The next day, after my workshop, I was told about the attack on the World Trade
Center near Wall Street in New York City. When I got back to my hotel
after watching the twin towers collapse on TV, there was this print sitting in
my hotel room. There was the cover of my next newsletter.
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Vol. 6 No. 3
Page One - Wall Street Falls See comments on the left
Clowning in an Ocean of Grief: Comments from clowns
and stories of clowns who went down to Ground Zero after
the tragedy in New York City.
Clowns do make a difference . . and I have the
memories to prove it.
John Kapherer aka “Clem T” of
Ramsey New Jersey came home from work, got into
“clown,” took the train to Penn Station in NYC and walked
down to Ground Zero. Here are some of his comments.
Peruvian Clown Relief: In the previous June John
Kakpherer received a call on Saturday morning from the
Red Cross. By Saturday Night he was on a plane for
Peru’ earthquake territory.
Send in the Clowns
– Siberia by Bill Waters
“Rigoletto” of Marquette Michigan
The Happy Heartbeats
– An Effort from The Heart:
From New Jersey
Dr.
Bugg: A pioneer Hospital Clown
(Chuck Rinkel)
The Center Ring: by Pat Barnere and Judy Vermillion-Witt A review .
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Vol. 6 No. 4
Clown National Guard: The Clowns continued to go
down to ease the burden of the workers at Ground Zero in
NYC. These are their stories.
We Caring Clowns go not to mock tragedy,
but to caress it with our compassion,
We march straight into the battlefields of grief,
Armed with unconditional love, and our joyful silliness,
We bring a reminder of the resilience
and brilliance of the human spirit.
Gently tickling the heart and gathering forces in play,
we give fear a hearty shove.
Ah, Maybe the trickster Coyote has a soft belly after all.
–Shobi Dobi
Nasha Cemyeyka An Arts Camp for Russian Orphans
Affliated with Marie’s Children of Moscow Russia
Clown Home Visits:
A Brave New Challenge and
a Brave New Journey
Doc Geezer: An Interview with Joe Barney by Arne
Swensen
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Vol.
7 No. 1
Clowns
on Rounds, Inc.®,
one of the most successful hospital clown programs in the world, has grow
and spread over the entire Capitol Region of Upstate New York.
A
Bomb of Love for Afghanistan
This clown mission was conceived in Rome by documentary film-maker Stefano
Moser and Sarina Roveta. The City of Rome funded the trip, and persuaded a
host of organizations to donate 10 tons of medical supplies, school equipment,
clothing and food which the clowns distributed. Twenty-one clowns from Italy,
Netherlands, Australia, Japan, USA, and South Africa went on the mission
including Patch Adams
Called to Clown
by Jan "Jaepers"Kerr Ñ Her experiences at at
Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware
Giving of My Clown Heart
by Shobi Dobi What we give on ambassador trips.
Caring Clowns
at Ground Zero from Carol Chesney and
Claudia Boerst
A
Perfect Memory [at Ronald MacDonald House]
by Sammy's Mom - Sally Joy Rubin
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Vol.
7 No. 2
The
Therapeutic Clown Program at
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
Guiding Hands by
Stephanie McKinnon McDade
A report on a day with Child Life
Worker Deborah
Padberg, of Kaiser
Hospital
Clowns R Us by
Thelma "Happy: Miller
Rockland
County RSVP Clown Program
The
Hospital Clown - A View from the Other Side
by
Beth A KolotkinBeth
began clowning with terminally ill children
after losing her own son to cancer
They Saw Us As Something from Another Planet
Afghanistan Revised Includes:
Dust
in Afghanistan by Eve Ensler The
Magic of Magic by Shobi Dobi
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Vol. 7 No. 3
One of New York’s Finest .
. . Clowns in Israel. Michael Fandal "Ernst
Desire the Clown," a retired New York Police Officer on a recent caring
clown trip to Israel
Clowns of Hope ~
Clowns Revisit Ground Zero
9/11/01 Site in September 2002
Red Noses create a Tour Detour in Mexico
from Bart Marcy on the Holland American Lline
Hospitalskloven
~ Danish Hospital Clowns
The Hospital Clown: Friend,
Fellow Human Being and Entertainer
~ from Bent Eilkard in the Journal of the Danish Medical
Association; and Den Folsomme Joke - The Sensitive Joker by Pernille Plaetner, Danish journalist
De Splittergale - The Crazy Ones
A group of psychiatric patients that meet to sing and play and most of all to
encourage each other towards healing.
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Vol. 7 No 4
Therapeutic Humor Programs .
The Comedy Connection at Morton Plant Mease Health Center
Clearwater, Florida
Good Grief: Moving from Grief to Comic Relief by Leslie Gibson
and The Smile Team’s Vision: A goup of clowns who clown with The Hospice of
the Florida Suncoast
The Therapeutic Humor Program at Rochester General
Hospital, Rochester NY
Courage and Commitment, Saying "Yes" to Life in the Face of Fear
by Shobi Dobi
Hillcrest Health System Therapeutic Humor Program
Hillcrest Baptist medical Center, Waco Texas
HIPPA is Not About Hippopotamus ~ The
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. How it
will affect US hospital clowns when compliance hapens nationwide on April 2003.
This document was
formulated from several hospitals and passed by their "HIPAA Gurus"
(that is their term) for compliance for hospital clowns.
With a Smile Through it All by Elaine Vecellone. The story of one clown’s
personal experience with hospital clowns and her family.
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