Hi friends and family,

We have exciting news! We are not only starting our own nonprofit, Code Clown Healthcare, but we also just won a 50% scholarship to attend the Healthcare Clowning International Meeting (aka HCIM 2026) in Lausanne, Switzerland. We need your help!

Unfortunately, due to our country’s current instabilities, our former employer dissolved its medical clown program in February 2025. Prior to this, we worked at Los Angeles’ largest county hospital and interacted with 10,000 patients/families annually.

As long-time healthcare clown partners, we’ve experienced and understand how vital this integrative care is to Los Angeles County. We refuse to let it disappear. Our mission is to revive this work and create in-house programs tailored to the specific needs of organizations such as hospitals, nursing care facilities, camps for children with disabilities, outpatient medical centers, and foster youth.

Here are the funding breakdowns needed to accomplish this:

Healthcare Clown Conference Funds for Two

*Price breakdown updated on 2/28/2026 (to adjust for conversion rates).

*Any leftover funds from this trip will be used to continue establishing our nonprofit. Detailed breakdown below:

Establishing our Code Clown Healthcare as Nonprofit

If you aren't already, please follow us on social media and help us spread the word!

IG and TikTok - @codeclown.healthcare

Thank you for your support!

With gratitude,

Chae (aka Rubie Sneakers)

Katie (aka Madame Mabel Butterfly)