Caring Clowns International

Balloon Class Gallery and Annual Report

cciadmin — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:09:20 +0000

Two new things have been added to the CCI website – ENJOY!
1. Balloon Twisting Class Gallery : On June 25th we had a Balloon Twisting Class! Check out pics from the event here!!
2. Annual Report : 2010 Annual Report has been posted.

Beginner Clown Classes

cciadmin — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 05:59:08 +0000

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WHAZ UP: News at a Glance: March 2011

cciadmin — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:34:52 +0000

From time to time, we would like to provide you, our friends and supporters, a quick and easy to read snapshot of our recent and significant activities. Here is the first of these.

CCI Support to Prosthetics Outreach Foundation (POF)

POF is an example of where CCI has provided help.

CCI has been supporting POF with financial assistance for nine years for their marvelous work to provide prosthetics to amputees and corrective measures for children with foot deformities in Asia and Africa. During this time, we have provided POF $21,500 for prosthetic limbs for thirty six children in Vietnam, and to help fund POF’s expanding club foot education and emergency surgery programs in Vietnam and Sierra Leon.

On March 21, at POF’s annual dinner- auction fundraiser, where our clowns played with guests during the silent and live auctions and dinner, we presented Winfried Danke, POF’s Executive Director, our latest contribution of $4,500.

Mr. Winfried Danke, Executive Director of Prosthetics Outreach Foundation, accepts CCI’s $4,500 check
from Dave “Alfredo dona Cooka “Nichols, CCI’s Secretary. “Banjo,” “LaLa” and “Duffy,” also CCI board members, assist

To give you an idea of the impact of your support to us, here is the letter Mr. Danke provided back to us after the event.

Check in periodically to “Whaz Up! – News at a Glance” for the latest news about our goings-on!

THANK YOU for all your continuing support!

You may continue to contribute through our donate button on the site, or via mail- Caring Clowns International, P.O. Box 75, Suquamish, WA 98392.

All Our Best to each of you!

For all us clowns,

Jed “Duffy” Selter
President and Executive Director (Volunteer)
Caring Clowns International

Duffy interview on “Service Above Radio”

Alfredo — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:49:51 +0000

Nice radio interview by our clown leader

http://serviceaboveselfradio.org/2011/03/18/010-serviceaboveselfradio-caring-clowns-international/

A night in Bellevue, Washington

Alfredo — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:18:31 +0000

Saturday night four clowns from Caring Clowns International (CCI) descended on the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue Wa for the Prosthetics Outreach Foundation annual fund raising auction and dinner. We clowned, juggled, made balloons… for adults.
We provided entertainment while the silent auction was going on and and carrying cakes for auction during dinner.

What most of the guest didn’t know was our most important mission that evening was to present the foundation with a check for $4,500. This completed a commitment we made to raise $10,000 for club foot education and emergency surgery program in Vietnam.
Since our first donation of $250 in 2003, CCI has donated $21,500 to POF.
This is what we do, won’t you join us?

North Kitsap Herald Article

Alfredo — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 22:56:00 +0000

A nice article on our founder (Duffy) and Caring Clowns International. I am proud to be a part of this organization.

Click here for Article

Alfredo

Please place your seat in the most uncomfortable position

Alfredo — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 14:50:58 +0000

It is over, the clowning gear is home, and the clowns of are scattered to the winds. “Pelukyta” was off to Miami on his way home, “Sox” was going to another city in Peru to teach English for a month. “Alfredo”, “Duffy” and “Banjo” are home safe in Washington state. But of course the trip is part of the adventure. Just a few highlights!

As we landed in Atlanta the stewardess came on the PA (interrupting my movie) to inform us we would be landing soon and we had to put our tray tables up and to place our seats in the most uncomfortable positions. Some things do translate correctly

In Atlanta we passed through two checkpoints and were welcomed home by our friends at Immigrations. As we waited for our bags to recheck them onto our last leg to Seattle we had a small incident; as an agriculture dog walked through our bags Banjo asked the armed agent “Could I pet your dog?”. He admits it was his clown that said it because his “normal” brain knew it was wrong as soon as he said it. They let him travel on with the admonishment that Duffy had to keep a closer eye on Banjo.

We arrived in Seattle and were warmly welcomed home by our families, but not so much by the weather. It was snowing and 37 degrees.

SO the trip is over, the good we can do there is not over. This trip was not paid for with the funds you have/will donate. We were 100% supported (flight, hotel and food) by Komedyplast.

We can continue to do good things for the people/organizations we worked with through your donations. The amount of good our dollar does is amplified by the low cost in this country coupled with we have talked to the people who are getting the money; and they are good people doing good things! So I ask if you have not already done it, go to our website and give what you can, it will do good.

Thank you for reading and thank you for all you do to support the work of Caring Clowns International.

Alfredo

Last day in Peru

Alfredo — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 14:21:10 +0000

Our last day in Peru was a long one; we began with a 6AM (EST) wake up, packed out our rooms, got in clown drove 2 hours through the traffic to a shanty town up high above Lima. We arrived at the top of this shanty area and piled out into a school that was no larger than most American bedrooms. The kids were great we clowned made balloons and generally had fun. It seemed even more special because we knew it was our last clown gig in Peru this trip.

When it was over we all stood in the courtyard and smiled at each other because we knew we had done some good in this country, no matter how small.

We drove (yes 2 hours) back to our hotel showered, declowned and finished packing. Then off to Pizza Hut for a last meal.

Alfredo

A place by the Sea

Alfredo — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:42:13 +0000

Good morning,
Yesterday we were treated to a special place to clown at Cruz Blanca which is a camp for girls aged 4-14 to get away from their homes in the shanty towns on the surrounding hills for two weeks. It is a piece of very nice property, the church bought and donated to a local order of brothers, who built out the facility with donations. These girls have very little in the world, and this place is a couple of weeks away from their lives of living in a shanty. For this wonderful little time it cost $100 dollars per girl. All given by donations. I’ll get back to that…
Interestingly enough the older (16-18 year old) girls working there as volunteers most came from those shanty towns and stayed here as kids and are now giving back for a few weeks each summer.
The girls all wanted hugs from the Payaso’s. We clowned made balloon animals, then went and played with the girls at their tables as they ate lunch and said their prayers.

So back to the little girls, for $100 American dollars a little girl gets to play on the beach, sleep in a clean bed, eat great food and be a kid. If you would like to do something nice go to our website and donate a two week stay for a girl. For every 100 dollars donated CCI will send a girl too. It is not much, but then they don’t have much.
Don’t feel pressured, it is something that touched me and as those of you who know me….
So lets send some girls to camp!

Alfredo

Shanty TownsEnd of show

Introducing Sox

Alfredo — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:00:40 +0000

Sox at work

So I realize that most of you reading this know some of the clowns from Seattle, but one you don’t know our international clown, “Sox”.
Known to his mother as Andy Bownds, he is a 22 year old clown from England. Sox found clowning in of all places, an institution of higher learning (go figure). He went to Winchester University and graduated with a degree in Performing Arts and Drama. While there one of his professors gave a presentation on clowning as an art form and Andy said he knew he had found his place. He actually did his final project and dissertation on the art of hospital clowning; that is dedication!
Andy is a fine craftsman at clowning, he is very expressive and he is not afraid to take a fall for a laugh (unlike us old clowns who break more easily) he does magic, juggles very well, but most importantly he CONNECTS with the kids instantly.
Andy has shown his heart on this mission; our leader Jed “Duffy” Selter has been quietly talking with Sox about starting a Caring Clowns International chapter in England. Sox has agreed, not only will it give our mission wider exposure it will also give us other opportunities to help kids around the world.
We look forward to great things from our first international chapter, so if you know Sox, please join me in giving him a fine clown hand(thats the big white one)

Alfredo