Humor Arts Program Initiative (HAPI)
Ruth Hamilton
UNC Hospitals - Rehabilitation Unit
Chapel Hill, NC
Laugh Mobile and humor therapy volunteers visit the Rehabilitation Unit regularly, offering humor tuneups, humor resources and media, and playful antics. Sponsored by the Carolina Health and Humor Association. (Carolina Ha Ha).


Oncology Recreation Therapy Program
Ruth Hamilton
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
Helps patients cope with the psychological problems of living with cancer through a variety of activities, emphasizing humor, including use of the Laugh Mobile. Patients are invited to use humorous books, audio/video tapes and "gag items" (e.g. hats, wigs, etc.) Volunteers offer humor intervention visits to patients on a weekly basis.

Comedy Cures »www.comedycures.com
Founded by Sarannne Rothberg, Comedy Cures is "a national non-profit organization, bringing joy, laughter, and theraputic humor programs, to kids and grown ups living with illness, depression and trama."

Rx Laughter
www.RxLaughter.org
UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Non-Profit organization using humorous entertainment to study the healing impact of humor on physically and emotionally ill children at the UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center.


The Humor Project
www.humorproject.com
Sarasota Springs, NY
Sponsors a wide variety of humor related projects, including conferences, speakers bureau, books and publications, and a complete catalog of humor resources.