THE BALLOON MAN

Clown 'Doctors' Fan Out to US Hospitals

Michael Christensen's program brings laughter to ill children
Adam Phillips New York City 24 January 2011
Professional clown Michael Christensen on one of his 'clown rounds,' a parody of medical rounds where laughter is the chief treatment.
Professional clown Michael Christensen doesn't just confine his act to the Big Apple Circus he co-founded. He also brings laughter to a place that is often badly in need of it: pediatric hospitals across the country.
Christensen's national organization, Clown Care, sends costumed circus performers on nearly 225,000 visits to ill children across the country.
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