Backed by our humor research at the UCLA Semel Neuropsychiatric Institute which indicated the. mental and emotional benefits of laughter for youth.

Give disadvantaged youth a chance to relieve their stress, enjoy beauty and learn secret comic techniques from professionals escaping for a week to a coastal and stress free retreat with peers and mentors. Help them shine at the Rx Laughter coastal comic retreat. Provide them with, a safe space and the tools to discover their comic voice amidst natural beauty and inspiration while creating life long positive memories. Give them hope

and freedom from the worries of lack of money to have fun and laugh out loud in a carefree environment.

Nurture their passion to pursue a career in comedy with the help of successful comedy artists. The youth will craft a short stand up comedy act in their unique voices in this inspirational, magical coastal setting and leave the retreat with a beginning “portfolio” of their work and a new and long term support system to count on when they return home.

Rx Laughter was founded at UCLA in 2003 by former prime time comedy executive Sherry Hilber rxlaughter.org. We have worked with patients of all ages, creates an in-house comedy channel at UCLA, and held support groups nationally including at mental health clinics for youth with drug abuse and behavioral issues. The benefits of comedy and laughter are clear. .

Please donate to this vital cause and make a difference in the lives of youth who need it desperately. http://gofund.me/efd83782f