Medical Clowns Bringing Good People Together: Humanitarian Mission Takes

WOODMERE, NY, Jun 03 (MARKET WIRE) —
The Good People Fund in collaboration with Lev Leytzan’s Medical Clowns,
NJ’s Congregation Bnai Israel and the Redistribution Center of Denver,
join forces to bring material as well as moral support to the rural
Appalachian community of McRoberts, Kentucky.

The Good People Fund, a N.J.-based organization that supports small
grass-roots organizations is excited to spear-head their return to
McRoberts for a second year from June 6th – June 9th. The Good People
Fund provides financial support, guidance and mentoring to organizations
that help relieve poverty, disability, trauma and social isolation. The
organization is expanding its efforts this year with the addition of Lev
Leytzan: The Compassionate Clown Alley, Inc. Lev Leytzan (Hebrew for “The
Heart of the Clown”) is embarking on its first such effort in the U.S.
after nearly a dozen successful humanitarian missions to Europe and
Israel.

Naomi Eisenberger, Executive Director of the Good People Fund, is
passionate about this mission that highlights the extreme poverty and
lack of resources in what is described as the poorest region of the
United States. The Fund is proud to unite forces with several nonprofits,
each infusing the mission with their unique talents and services further
highlighting the importance of collaborating to work together towards
common good.

Lev Leytzan has shared its unique style of therapeutic clowning with
underserved populations around New York and across the world, including
communities of Holocaust survivors and residents of orphanages, hospitals
and nursing homes,” said Dr. Neal C. Goldberg, Founder and Director of
Lev Leytzan. “We are honored to participate in the Good People Fund’s
mission to McRoberts, a wonderful demonstration of the impact that
humanitarian-focused organizations, regardless of size, can have when
they work together.”

An integral part of the mission to McRoberts includes the delivery and
distribution of a trailer full of house wares, furnishings, appliances,
and home and school supplies donated by Ranya Kelly through her
Redistribution Center, as well as a trailer-load of food donated by the
Youngstown Community Food Bank in Youngstown, Ohio.

The Good People Fund, a N.J.-based non-profit founded in 2008, supports
small, grass-roots organizations primarily in the United States and
Israel. They provide a unique and personal approach to giving, disburse
the funds they receive with minimal bureaucracy and overhead, and prove
daily that any sum of money can change lives.

Founded in 2004 by Dr. Neal C. Goldberg, Lev Leytzan: The Compassionate
Clown Alley, Inc. has been training teens and young adults in the art of
medical clowning and spreading joy and laughter to thousands of children
and elderly in the New York area and in Israel. Dr. Goldberg, a child
psychologist who treats children, teens, and adults, provides his clowns
with opportunities to gain self-confidence and compassion at a young age
through their abilities to entertain and cheer the sick and elderly.

Contact:
Beth Friedlander
Director of Lev Leytzan’s Ambassador Program
516-509-6132
beth_friedlander@post.harvard.edu

Naomi Eisenberger
Executive Director
Good People Fund
973-761-0580
Naomi@goodpeoplefund.org
www.goodpeoplefund.org

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