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Carolina Health and Humor Association (Carolina Ha Ha) was founded in 1986 in Durham, North Carolina by Ruth Hamilton, MA Ed. as a non-profit educational service organization dedicated to promoting a healthy lifestyle thru humor and entertainment in health care, business, and the community. The staff of Carolina Ha Ha performs for audiences for both entertainment and employee stress management programs. Ruth Hamilton, former Executive Director, designs and assists in implementing humor programming in business, education, and community settings. Carolina Ha Ha is best known for implementing the Duke University Medical Center Humor Project. Cancer patients utilize the "Laugh Mobile" Laugh Mobile

, designed by Ms. Hamilton, to engage in therapeutic humor.

Carolina Ha Ha first started humor outreach in 1987 with a joint program with Duke Oncology Recreational Therapy called the Duke Humor Project. This involves the Laugh Mobile that is used to present humorous materials to both inpatient and outpatient cancer patients at Duke Medical Center. Skilled volunteers engage in humor interventions and invite the patients to check out funny materials to use during the hospital stay. A new Laugh Mobile design replaced the original cart and is marketed to medical facilities nationwide. The Certified Humor Presenter Program and personal on-site consultations with Ruth Hamilton are offered for Laugh Mobile volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering once every two weeks and can give a six-month commitment, call Alan Happ at 919-846-5739.

Favorite Quote: A very little consideration will show us clearly that the sense of humor is always born of a sense of proportion, both in the inner and outer world. - C.G. Jung

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