Laughter is the best medicine, right? When’s the last time a heaping teaspoon of hilarity helped you or someone you know? At HEALarious.org, we believe that it is possible to use comedy to touch people (in a completely appropriate and legal manner).

Numerous studies (millions of them, probably) indicate that people who laugh when they're sick may recover more quickly and completely than those who don't. Why? When you laugh, something amazing happens to your body. Besides the release of endorphins, the body experiences a boost in immune function (elevated levels of T-cells and an increase in immunoglobulins A and B). For those of you who aren't doctors/forgot your nerd hats at home: laughing helps people recover by increasing the body's ratio of disease-killing-good-things to disease-causing-bad-things. Simple, right?

HEALarious.org aims to help by providing free portable DVD players and funny DVDs and CDs to hospital patients and their families. We are able to do this through: proceeds from live performances and uber-generous donations from corporate sponsors and people like you. Not a Rockefeller or unable to make a financial gift, but still want to help? Volunteer!