Welcome to Slappy & Monday’s Foundation for Laughter, a non-profit organization where ‘Humor as a Second Language’ is taught. OUR MISSION is to use the healing powers of laughter to inspire joy in traditional venues, such as schools and community centers, as well as non-traditional venues with a focus on children's hospitals and special care facilities. In the past nine years, we have developed one of the top professional clown schools in the country, known as the New York Goofs Ultimate Clown School. After working as clowns in hospitals around the world, we have seen not only the benefits of this work, but also the need for a training program geared specifically towards developing clowns for the medical environment. The Foundation for Laughter plans to bring together the finest instructors, researchers, humor experts and members of the medical community to form what we hope will become the pre-eminent training ground for therapeutic clowning. The Foundation for Laughter is a 501(c)(3)non-profit organization.

UPCOMING EVENTS Stay tuned to this spot for information about the first ever International Children's Festival to be held in the Metroplex in 2009! You can always visit us at Slappy's Playhouse Especially check out Circus Camp this summer (info on the main website for Slappy's) Slappy’s Puppet Playhouse Galleria Dallas 3rd Level (next to Nordstrom and the Children’s Play Area) ((Slappy & Monday visit the Children's Cancer Center in Amman, Jordan ONGOING PROJECTS: "The Science of the Circus" show designed to teach elementary school kids the basics of science through the circus arts. Training and implementing hospital clown programs for various hospitals in the area. Funding several students to attend the NY Goofs Clown School in New York City.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS We have assembled a talented, hard working Board of Directors from local entertainment, medical, business, media and sports entities. They are: Dick Monday - President (Co-owner of Slappy’s Puppet Playhouse, co-founder of NY Goofs, and former director of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Clown College) Greg Wright - Vice President (President of Catalyst Equipment Corp.) Tiffany Riley - Treasurer (Co-owner of Slappy’s Puppet Playhouse, co-founder of NY Goofs, coordinator of Funnyatrics at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, former choreographer of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Clown College) Kathy Beazley - Secretary (President of Kathy R. Beazley Communications) Paul Monroe - Board Member (Director of Marketing for Dallas Mavericks) Charlie Rose - Board Member (Owner of Peeler Rose Productions) Sandy Lister - Board Member (Attorney, Educator) Dale Riley - Board Member (Co-founder of Irving Ballet Company) Joy Riley - Board Member (Co-founder of Irving Ballet Company, Realtor for Ebby Halliday) CONTACT US For more information on the Foundation and to find out how you can help, email foundation@slappysplayhouse.com. Or call: 972.513.0669 Click here to go back to Slappy's Playhouse!