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©™ THE JESTER & PHARLEY PHUND 800-9-JESTER www.thejester.org ‘That Book Has Changed My Life’ Twenty-two years apart, Jesse told Barbara, tears Jesse and Madison found streaming down his face as laughter when The Jester & he bent down to wrap her in Pharley popped into their a big bear hug. “I just wanted lives. Jesse Hernandez, now to meet you. I looked for you 27, got his first taste of The everywhere —­ to thank you Jester Has Lost His Jingle’s and David for making me power at 5 in 1995, Madison happy and giving me the will received The Jester at 6 as to live.” 2016 was drawing to a close. For Madison Radlein, the A patient at the Jonathan encounter let her see that there Jaques Children’s Cancer was lots to look forward to. Center at Miller Children’s Hospital Long Beach in Now 7, she met The Jester California, Jesse faced a & Pharley soon after being short, grim future. Doctors diagnosed with kidney cancer. told his mother JoAnne “In the book there is a girl in Hernandez that he probably the hospital that also had a would never reach his 8th tumor, which surprised me,” birthday. Then, during she told those gathered at the a hospital visit, Barbara fund-raiser. Saltzman, mother of author David Saltzman, read her late Celebrating her six months son’s whimsical story of hope of remission that day, she and laughter to him and gave thanked The Jester & Pharley him The Jester to keep. He for helping her keep her smile still has it. through chemo and surgery. “I’m so happy that so many “For the last two decades that people want to help other children like me,” she said. book has changed my life,” he Barbara Saltzman, mother of the late Jester Has Lost His Jingle author- told The Jester’s Mom when artist David Saltzman, with cancer survivors Madison Radlein, 7, and Jesse “Never lose YOUR jingle!” Hernandez, 27, at The Phund’s A Taste of the South Bay Soiree in July. he met her in July for the first Joining Jesse and Madison time since the book’s release in celebrating The Phund’s in 1995. This time, the surprise meeting took place at a fund- commitment to children with cancer, Dr. Julie Noble raiser, not a hospital praised the nonprofit’s longtime efforts. “It’s been my room. The occasion pleasure to work with this wonderful organization and to was A Taste of the see the joy The Jester books and dolls bring our patients,” South Bay Soiree, said the retired coordinator of Community Advocacy at the kickoff to The Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, CA. “You all Phund’s Fifth Annual see tonight the beautiful smiles of Madison and Jesse, the Doubles Tennis same smiles we see in our patients when we give them The Tournament benefiting Jester Has Lost His Jingle book and doll.” children with cancer. The surprise Before his death from cancer at 22, David’s family emotional meeting promised him that all children with cancer would get the that midsummer hope and joy they needed from his book. The nonprofit evening brought both Barbara and Jesse to tears – and touched Jester & Pharley Phund resulted from that promise. those in attendance as well. Today, The Phund donates Jester books and dolls to “Other kids wanted to meet Michael Jackson or Superman,” patients at over 300 hospitals across the country. President’s Message By Barbara Saltzman Still Loving The Jester – After Two Decades Pieces of The Jester’s rainbow circled back to me over and over this year. It was as if tiny fragments broke away when the book was published in 1995 and returned with stories about how much The Jester Has Lost His Jingle has changed lives during its 22 years in print. Of course, nothing lit up the sky more than reconnecting with Jesse Hernandez in July. As recounted on the cover, Jesse overcame all the dire medical predictions made in 1995 to grow into a handsome, articulate young man. He credits The Jester Has Lost His Jingle with helping Phund President Barbara Saltzman with late him along the way. son, author-artist David Saltzman at Yale, 1988.

The next month, out of the blue, Barbara Newell called from Florida with a very similar story about The Jester and her son, now 29. She first reached out in August 1997 to tell me about Logan, who was diagnosed with cancer at 3 in 1992, ultimately going through six years of treatment. “He received The Jester when it was first published and it helped us both smile through all those tough days. I think its optimism and sense of fun and helping others helped Logan move forward. David opened a lot of doors for people and helped them see Logan Newell, now 29, is an accomplished Logan, 5, hugs Trixie during treatment years at with a brighter light.” Now a professional professional photographer based in Florida. All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, FL. photographer, Logan also has founded his own charitable organization, following The Jester’s reminder that “It’s up to us to make a difference. It’s up to us to care.” Earlier in the year, we heard from Dr. Timothy Low of Silver Spring, MD. He and his wife Geri adopted a little girl from China in 1998. “As a toddler, Sharon was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. She was treated at Children’s National Medical Center in D.C., and was given The Jester Has Lost His Jingle at the oncology clinic. We read the book numerous times and it helped get her through over two years of treatment. She had some difficult times, but by God’s grace is now a beautiful Sharon Low, now 19, a sophomore at the Sharon, 5, treated for leukemia at Children’s 18-year-old going to college. We are sad University of Maryland at Baltimore County. National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. about David’s death, but we are glad that he wrote such an encouraging and None of these wonderful stories would up the sky for more and more children uplifting book that helps cancer children, be possible without your support. across the country with The Jester & such as our daughter, cope with their Thank you for all your generosity as Pharley’s rainbow. illness.” we continue to work together lighting 2 The Radlein Family’s Cancer-Free Celebration ‘I Never Lost My Jingle’ By Madison Radlein

little bit after my sixth birthday, I ended up in the hospital. I was Adiagnosed with Wilms tumor. It was in my right kidney. Instead of going to kindergarten, I was at the hospital once a week getting chemo. I got chemo for 12 weeks. Then I had surgery to remove the tumor. The tumor was very large and because of that, they had to remove my right kidney, too. People sent me presents. One of my favorites was The Jester Has Lost His Jingle. In the book, there is a girl in the hospital that also had a tumor. That surprised me. She taught The Jester & Pharley how to laugh again. My parents told me how proud they are that I never lost my jingle. I hope every other kid who has a tumor can find their jingle with The Jester & Pharley, too. Never lose YOUR jingle!

Madison stays strong with The Jester & Pharley. ‘David’s Story Brings You to a Place of Happy Joy’ By Susan Jones-Radlein

A year ago our family was turned upside down by an uninvited guest. Our precious six-year- old Madison was diagnosed with Wilms tumor (kidney cancer). Madison had always been a healthy, happy child. This diagnosis came as such a surprise and shock. One day we were planning for Christmas vacation, the next we were stocking up on surgical masks and hand sanitizer and learning how to care for our cancer-stricken daughter. Friends and family were such a support, from cooking meals to dropping off gifts to keep Madison entertained. One special gift turned out to be The Jester Has Lost His Jingle. Susan Jones-Radlein and Tom Radlein celebrate daughter Madison’s sixth month in remission from Madison and I read it together, her Wilms tumor at The Phund’s A Taste of the South Bay Soiree in July 2017. eyes opening up so wide when we got to the part where a A year after diagnosis, Madison is considered cancer free. little girl in the hospital talks about feeling sad because she We have chosen to keep our jingle — and to love the has a tumor. Madison felt like this book was written just for moment, because that is truly all that anybody really has. her. We held each other closely as we read The Jester. We Regardless of age, anyone going through the kind of scary smiled — and I held back the tears. time that we have, should read The Jester Has Lost His I think David Saltzman would be so happy to know how Jingle. David’s story brings you to a place of happy joy so much his book has changed the lives of so many families. His easily lost. Our family will treasure this book and pass it on words and pictures live on and bring smiles to children and to our future generations. grown-ups at a time when you have nothing left to give. 3 ‘A Perfect Way to Shine the Light of Neil’s Joyful and Indomitable Spirit’

Neil Fachon, 1996-2017 Neil’s mother Wendy Fachon reads The Jester as children wave rainbows at the dedication of The Jester & Pharley Smile Cart donated in Neil Fachon’s memory to Camp Sunshine in Maine. Wendy Fachon, smiling with delight, Donations in Tribute to Neil Fachon medical issues, plus Jester books to held open The Jester Has Lost His • Deborah Albin • Kevin, Laura & Felicity raise kids’ spirits. Camp Sunshine • Erin Baker McKenna Jingle to the “rainbow page.” Filled • Robert McNeil & King’s also fills the mobile activity center with life and color, the page depicts • Christina Barry Crossing Golf Course with games and crafts for children’s the Jester & Pharley racing back to the • John & Melissa Bartlett • Cynthia Mulvey activities. kingdom to reveal that they’ve found • Amy Bean • Elinor Nadherny their jingle. • Gail Bean • Christopher Nadherny “For children that are unable to • Joanne Bichun • Sophia Nelson navigate all aspects of the camp On this July 2017 afternoon, she and • Annette Birman • Northeastern Univ. Club program, or feeling a little ill, the her husband Dean Fachon lovingly • Chris & Jen Boie Tennis Team Smile Cart becomes a portable and dedicated a Jester & Pharley Smile • Carol Bricker • Ray & Linda Nunez viable option that is both welcomed CartTM in memory of their late son, Neil • Bob & Ann Brogan • Julia Nutt and embraced,” said Michael Katz, Fachon, who was featured in these • Michelle Brogan • Ana Opishinski the camp’s executive director. “The pages last year. An engineering student • Patrick Brogan • Carl & Donna Pallister Smile Cart is appropriately named at Northeastern University in Boston, • Jackson Cacioppo • George Pappas as it certainly brings smiles to the he was diagnosed at 19 with a rare • Aznif Calikyan • Matthew Plain children using it.” form of brain cancer and traveled to a • John & Kathy Chapski • Ann Porto clinic in Houston for unconventional • Gabriel Clynch • QA Technology Co., Inc. he Fachons couldn’t agree more. treatment. In a Page 1 story on June • David & Marie Coccio • Lauren Rankin “AfterT reading the book to the 1, 2016, The Boston Globe recounted • Randy & Nancy Covill • RI Natural Awakenings youngest children, we helped them Neil’s brave struggle with the disease • Arthur & Gail Cuddy • Douglas & Elizabeth Riggs make rainbow wands with bells and and the FDA and how The Jester • Dave & Sheila Duxbury • Alex & Mollie Robertson colorful streamers,” recalled Wendy. inspired him. • Marjory Dray • Mary Rossetti “For all of us, it is the perfect way • East Greenwich Police • Joe & Barbara Saltzman to shine the light of Neil’s joyful and eil requested before his passing • Suzanne Fachon-Kalweit • Carmelo Sapienza indomitable spirit for years to come.” N • Laura Fitzgibbons • Bob & Connie Schiele at 20 in February 2017 that donations • Jyoti Ganesh • Paul & Penny Schnell be made in his memory to The Jester The Smile Cart could not have come • Michael Gemma • Jeanine Silversmith at a better time, Katz noted. “A & Pharley Phund and Camp Sunshine • Charles & Joan Hinman • Jeffrey Smith at Sebago Lake in Maine to help young boy arrived at camp two days • Andrea Jerabek • Maynard Southard later with a high fever and had to be other families coping with cancer. • Levon & Robin Kasparian • Eve Houghton Sowers The year-round camp provides respite • Christopher Kelly • Peter & Leeann Sperduti whisked off to his room to ensure and recreation for children with life- • Kina King • Sandra Straub that other children would not be threatening illnesses and their families. • David Kulis • Agnes Summerly exposed. The Smile Cart proved its • Francis Lenox • Donna Swanson worth immediately. First, with the The generous outpouring of love from • Steve Levesque • Philip & Kimberly Trupiano ease in which it could be rolled to friends and family resulted in The • Michael Liberatore • Claudia F.S. Wade the child’s room and second, because Phund donating a Jester & Pharley • Donna Lima-Johnson • Jing Wang of the variety of games, books, Smile Cart to Camp Sunshine in Neil’s • Ron Locklin • Ralph & Susan Windle activities and movies it provides. memory. The Smile Cart comes with • Mina Makarious • Tyler Wong What could have been a difficult audio-visual equipment to provide • Carolyn Mark • Yan Zhang first few days of camp, became an entertainment and diversion from • Sherri McGraw • Rebecca Zuberi experience of fun, joy and caring.” 4 Keeping Their Promise to Help Others

Lunada Bay Cub Scouts in Palos Verdes Estates, CA, hold up Jester books to be donated to young patients, fulfilling the Cub’s promise to help others. At lower right, Pack Leader James Lowenstein; upper left, Marc Hopkins, Webelos II Den Leader; upper right, Cassie Jones, Webelos I Den Leader. Benefiting hospitals include City of Hope, Torrance Memorial Medical Center and Miller Children’s Hospital Long Beach, CA.

Lunada Bay Cub Scout Pack 276 members take the Cub Scout oath — “To help other people at all times” — very seriously. This year, the Palos Verdes Estates, CA-based Cubs put in hour after hour to help ill children find their smiles with The Jester Has Lost His Jingle. Partnering with The Jester & Pharley Phund to bring joy to hospitalized children during the holiday season, they gave up many weekends to introduce The Jester to shoppers at local markets. For every copy of The Jester sold by Lunada Bay Cub Scouts, The Phund is donating another to a hospitalized child. By Thanksgiving the Cubs had sold 200 copies. “Our young Cub Scouts are so excited to be working with The Jester & Pharley Phund on this project to help ill children,” said Cub Scouts Ben Forte, left, and Patrick Lowenstein introduce The Pack leader James Lowenstein of Palos Verdes Estates, CA. Jester Has Lost His Jingle to the community at local markets. “This has been such a rewarding project and is not difficult to decided to make a contribution to the project so we could do at all,” Lowenstein added. “It’s been a pleasure to include it give more Jester books to more children in the hospital.” with all our other community-service projects. I’d love to see Scouts across the country do what we have done to help ill children in their neighborhoods. TO SET UP YOUR OWN PROJECT, contact We have received the nicest comments from everyone The Jester & Pharley Phund at 310-544-4733. we’ve met. Many who already had the book ‘Now I Love to Read! The Jester & Pharley Phund Has Inspired Me’ ‘Before I came to Jefferson, I hated reading. It wasn’t my thing,” Vanessa Uvera confided in a hand-written note to The Jester’s Mom. Things changed for the Compton, CA, fourth grader when The Jester & Pharley Phund brought its Reading Makes A Difference literacy program and Read-A- Thon to her elementary school. “When I heard it would benefit kids in the hospital,” Vanessa wrote, she couldn’t stop reading. “Now I love to read! The Jester & Pharley Phund has inspired me.” A year earlier, as a third grader, Vanessa asked permission to collect loose change to add Vanessa Uvera of Jefferson more Jester books and Elementary in Compton, CA. dolls to the hospital donation underwritten by the sponsored program. “All my aunties broke their piggy banks,” she said. Vanessa Sponsored by USC Good Neighbors, Vermont Avenue students in L.A. sport handmade Jester hats at a Reading Makes A Difference recognition assembly. and fellow students raised over $600 to give added Jester books and dolls to Miller Children’s Hospital Long Beach patients. And Jefferson scholars, who read over 82,000 pages in their first RMD Read-A- Thon now regularly crack the 300,000-page mark. The Jester & Pharley Phund’s literacy program has turned thousands of low-performing students into avid readers like Vanessa with The Jester Has Lost His Jingle as its centerpiece. The whimsical book’s uplifting message touches children deeply, as depicted in some of the elementary schools participating in the program in the last year. “They adore the characters, the story —­­ and the story behind the story,” says Phund Executive Director Amy Hastings. “And they Principal Richard Littlejohn congratulates top readers at Clara Barton take its message —­ ‘It’s up to us to make a difference. Elementary, Long Beach, CA, recognition assembly for its RMD Read-A- It’s up to us to care.’ — to heart.” Thon sponsored by S. Mark Taper Foundation.

Students at Salk Elementary in Anaheim, CA, proudly display St. Mary Medical Center’s Nancy Louie thanks students at Jackie Robinson the amazing number of pages they read in their Jester Read- Academy, Long Beach, CA, for reading to donate Jester books and dolls for A-Thon sponsored by Disney VoluntEARS Community Fund. patients. The RMD program was sponsored by Joseph Drown Foundation.

6 ‘Now I Love to Read! The Jester & Pharley Phund Has Inspired Me’

Students can’t wait to congratulate and cheer top readers at Fremont Elementary in Alhambra, CA. The RMD program benefiting Huntington Sponsored by USC Good Neighbors, Vermont Avenue students in L.A. sport handmade Jester hats at a Reading Makes A Difference recognition assembly. Hospital was sponsored by S. Mark Taper Foundation.

TO BRING A PHUND LITERACY PROGRAM to your favorite school or to help support one Signal Hill Elementary students and teachers in Signal Hill, CA, cheer The Jester in an RMD program sponsored by S. Mark Taper Foundation. at a Title I school, please call 310-544-4733.

7 A Year of Phun-Raising to Bring Sick Kids The Jester’s Joy hun-raising for The Jester & Pharley Phund means keepingP fun in mind for all who attend the events and all A TASTE OF THE SOUTH BAY SOIREE in mid- the children who benefit from them. July attracted over 100 guests who enjoyed nibbling an array of eclectic dishes while bidding on a variety of popular silent This year, four special events brought good times for auction items donated by local businesses. Mark Fitchett brought Phund supporters eager to see The Jester & Pharley bring lilting guitar music to the evening. big smiles to many little ones. The events resulted in over 700 Jester books and Jester & Pharley Dolls donated to hospitalized children.

FIFTH ANNUAL JESTER BENEFIT DOUBLES TENNIS TOURNAMENT attracted dozens of competitive South Bay tennis enthusiasts. “I am so thankful for the generous support we receive every year from the tennis community, which has such a big heart,” said tournament chair and founder Heidi Grimm. “And we are so grateful to the businesses in the South Bay that support us so generously.”

Sponsor Big 5’s Rick Gridley admires Division A 1st Place trophies won by Brandon Stokes and Aime Claire Lager.

Generous businesses and food purveyors provided attendees with a variety of delicious foods and exciting silent auction items for The Phund’s Taste of the South Bay Soiree. Below, health professionals at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, CA, enjoy distributing Jester books and dolls from the fund-raisers to their young patients.

Event Chair Heidi Grimm gives 2nd Place Division A trophies to Janice Bittker and Michael Lopez.

8 A Year of Phun-Raising to Bring Sick Kids The Jester’s Joy PHUNDAY AT THE RACES celebrated Phund co-founders Joe & Barbara Saltzman’s 55th wedding anniversary and October birthdays with fun fare and horses going for the purse at historic Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, CA.

Left, celebrating with Joe & Barbara Saltzman at Santa Anita Park are some of Joe’s current and former students and colleagues at USC Annenberg. Donations Made in Honor of Joe & Barbara’s 55th Anniversary and October Birthdays Rebecca Allswang Robert & Rebecca Fisher Tara Kangarlou Don & Sharon Nakamoto Sasha Anawalt John & Patsy Fiske Stan Kawakami & Serena Cha Michael & Becky Noble Anonymous Mike & Amy Forte Elizabeth Kessler Jim & Dawn O’Keeffe Ernie Arboles & Stephanie Chavez Patricia Fosgate Susan King David Odaka John & JoAnne Avnet Alan & Asha Blake Fox Dennis Kirkpatrick Tom Palmer & Rachel Sweet George & Shirley Bekey Craig & Gulden Fox Vicki Kirschenbaum Michael & Linda Parks Joel Bellman & Hope Singer Dorothy Friedman Neal Koch Rick Parrott Jay Berman & Irene Machuca Erin Gilhuly Connie Koenenn Philippe Perebinossoff & Carol Ames Dan Birman Peter & Heidi Grimm Binnie Kristal-Andersson Adam & Bree Pessin Fox Butterfield & Elizabeth Mehren John Guevara Don LaPlante Steve & Susan Peterman Elisa Carranza John Guthrie Lucy Lee Jeff & Gina Platt Giovanna Carrera Chris & Katherine Haygood Michelle Levander Gina Pontrelli Ben Carrington Allan Heinberg Peter & Judy Levin Rand Posin & Jennifer Sakurai Peter & Rosie Casey David & Ludie Henley Mark Litwak & Tiiu Lukk Larry & Gaby Pryor Philip Cavanagh & Diana Dennis Javier Hernandez & Amelia Hagen Michael & Connie Lopez Tom & Susan Radlein Elio & Julie DeSanto Gary & Janee Hespenheide Stella Lopez Michele Raphael Andrew Dodge & Tiffany Tai Jeffrey Hirsch & Rabbi Sherre Hirsch Luther & Carol Luedtke Laura Riegel Kristin Doidge Jim & Nancy Holland Shako Lui Michael, Jennifer, Sammy & Matthew Ehrlich Nancy Jacobs Leonard & Alice Maltin Sarah Saltzman Arnold & Chana Epstein Dr. Bruce Janousek & Korby Siamis David & Beth McKinnis Paul Schindler Jonathan Epstein & Shinji Isozaki Nancy Jennings Jean Merl Larry & Lynn Schmelzer Mona Epstein Belma & Tammy Johnson Molly Meyer Randy & Linda Schultz Charlotte Evans Sammye Johnson Bryan Mingle Peter Schweitzer Paul & Videtti Figueiredo David & Jennifer Johnston Liz Mitchell Willa Seidenberg Gerry & Anita Fisher Larry Kaplan Alan Mittelstaedt Joe & Beth Slater C.P. Smith & Sherry Stern APRIL Kwan & Marion So PHUNNIGHT AT Carole Solis THE COMEDY Steve & Joyce Sperber & MAGIC CLUB Sherie Stark Paul & Keiko Sumida in Hermosa Beach, CA Renee Tajima brought laughs a-plenty to all those ElizaBeth Taylor coming to hear Ian Bagg’s cutting comedy. James Vasquez & Debra Ono Attendees feasted on great food and Matthew Weiner & Linda Brettler drink with proceeds bringing hospitalized Damon & Lisa Whitsitt Mark & Sue Wiedenmann children copies of The Jester Has Lost His Bill Wood Jingle and The Jester & Pharley Doll. Alvin Zhou

9 With Profound Gratitude for All Your Support and Generosity Thank you to the many generous foundations, companies, civic groups and individual donors for all your support. You make it possible for us to continue helping children like those pictured here in special need of The Jester’s optimism, joy, hope and laughter. On these pages, we list individual donations in honor of and in memory of loved ones. For a complete list of donors please visit our website, www.thejester.org.

DONATIONS Jan Glimpse IN HONOR OF Joe & Barbara Saltzman Liz Mitchell Gene Bay Arvind & Savita Gokhale Anonymous Joe & Barbara Saltzman JoAnne Avnet Dr. Mandaar Gokhale Paul Muchnic Perry Bolkin Craig & Gulden Fox Dr. Mandaar Gokhale Anonymous Bruce Bolkin & DeAnn Heline Pearl Berg Joe & Barbara Saltzman Nobuko Muratsuchi Michael Oliver Brunold Joe & Barbara Saltzman Ayako Higuchi Al Muratsuchi & Hiroko Higuchi James Vasquez & Debra Ono Marcie Bloom Al Muratsuchi & Hiroko Higuchi Floyd Mutert Ben Bushman Dr. Annette Insdorf Beatrice Jacob David & Leigh Mutert Harry & Stacy Stark Claire Burleigh Lou & Renae Jacob Eduardo Newark Sam Butterfield Amy Hastings Allan C. Jones, D.D.S. Dr. Annette Insdorf Joe & Barbara Saltzman Dan & Meg Burnham Dr. & Mrs. William Lyons Kip O’Connell Dr. Ted Case Charlie & Gayle Rosenberg Moyra Jordan Amy Hastings Benita Epstein Bill & Martha Gude Naomi Butter Tara Kirkland Dr. Pabst, Dr. Roth and Staff Bob & Mindy Torbin Carolyn Keller Harry & Stacy Stark Kathleen Clark Dorothy Clark Dr. David Campbell, Dr. Amy Hastings Laura Riegel Claudia Davidovich and Staff Beth Kleid Joe & Barbara Saltzman Dana Cline Harry & Stacy Stark Michael & Carolyn G. Cline Glen & Elizabeth Friedman Barbara Saltzman Joy Dunbar Abigail Kramer Liz Mitchell Beatrice Cortez Tara Kirkland Ernie Arboles & Stephanie Chavez Joe & Barbara Fratamico Joe & Barbara Saltzman Carolyn & Julian Elliott Dr. Michael Kubalik Kristy Herr Norman Corwin Maxine Tobey Millicent Goldstein Michael, Jennifer, Sammy & Stella Lopez Sarah Saltzman Jack & Barbara Epstein Chief Petty Officer Michael Helen Daversa Joe & Barbara Saltzman C.P. Smith & Sherry Stern Denise Graham Lopez Charles & Renee Weisenberg Jo Fish Joe & Barbara Saltzman Drs. Ernest & Francille Wilson III Alexa DuBrow Amy Hastings Sharon Low Joe & Barbara Saltzman Joe Saltzman Harry & Stacy Stark Pat Fosgate The Low Family Stan & Anne Ruth Gottlieb Julie Fosgate Joyce Madden Janice Tidwell Bea Epstein Joe & Barbara Saltzman Gulden Fox Michael, Jennifer, Sammy & Michael Saltzman Craig Fox Sarah Saltzman Lori Lander Goodman Elliott Epstein Benita Epstein Craig Fox Ann Mason The Saltzman Family Joe & Barbara Saltzman Michael & Connie Lopez Anonymous Gertie Epstein Elaine Wolfe Kaye Joe & Barbara Saltzman Melina Drake Young Herman Epstein, M.D. Sylvie Drake Jurras Jonathan Epstein & Shinji Isozaki Lena Epstein Joe & Barbara Saltzman DONATIONS Lillian Epstein IN MEMORY OF Joe & Barbara Saltzman Bill Adams Scott Epstein Jim & Deb Ragan Benita Epstein Manette Adams Sidney & Lillian Epstein Rev. Harry Adams Tsvi & Navah Epstein Joe & Barbara Saltzman Dr. Jerry Z. Finklestein Jerry Alkoff Joe & Barbara Saltzman Rene Alkoff Bob Flick Jacqueline Aronov Patricia Pagendarm Bart & Robin Kolber Frieda Fox Lolly Barbanell Craig & Gulden Fox Harlan & Laurilyn Barbanell Dave Franco Joe & Barbara Saltzman Steve & Natalie Franco

10 Mike Gavin Irma Milton Patricia Pagendarm Steve & Natalie Franco Amy Hastings Richard Gentry Sammye Johnson Lizz Munter Benita Epstein Patricia Sullivan Geyer Anne Geyer Bertha Nemor Joe & Barbara Saltzman Arvind Gokhale Joe & Barbara Saltzman Esther Nemor Joe & Barbara Saltzman Lee Gordy Joe & Barbara Saltzman Steven Edward Newell Joe & Barbara Saltzman Esther Haggberg Joe & Barbara Saltzman Alice Noble Jim & Nancy Holland Joan Hanson Denise Graham Helen Noone Claire Burleigh Linda Strack Heimerl Steve & Natalie Franco James Vasquez & Debra Ono Amy Hastings Larry Heineman Emily Rose Olvera Janie Spataro Dr. Robert & Patricia Olvera Cora Helbert Ruth Plotkin Dr. John & Roxie Helbert Joe & Barbara Saltzman Hobart “Hobby” Henley Nina Parker David & Ludie Henley Joe & Barbara Saltzman Kay Hermann Janice Parrott Liz Mitchell Rick Parrott Joe & Barbara Saltzman Joe & Barbara Saltzman Edith Herschbein Norman Patrick Joe & Barbara Saltzman Michael & Connie Lopez Ella Hinds Shirley Richards Aurianne Dorsay Joe & Barbara Saltzman Stephen Noble Holland Janis Roberts Jim & Nancy Holland Joe & Barbara Saltzman Joe & Barbara Saltzman Irving Riegel Rev. Anne L. Hunter, M.D. Anonymous Rev. Amelia Hagen David Saltzman Cecile Insdorf Susan Adams & Kent Mason Joe & Barbara Saltzman Diane Colman Stanley Johnston Aurianne Dorsay Joe & Barbara Saltzman Tammi Giardino Dan & Roz Gingold Ty Jurras Marshall & Margie Jones Sylvie Drake Jurras Monte & Wendy Kravat Francine Juster The McKinnis Family Howard Gingold & Fayma Goldman Barbara Meislin David & Dawn Pollay Irene Kazy Don & Marcia Rutberg Jean & Nes Kusnierz Clare Weinstein Yael Michiel Kinsley Robert & Socorro Weiss Harry & Stacy Stark Ruth Saltzman Marie Fish Sid & Selma Kirshner Joe & Barbara Saltzman Don & Jean Kirshner Joe & Barbara Saltzman Fujiko Sameshima Carole Solis Tim Yuge & Kumiko Yamada-Yuge Diane Kovacs Logan Schoenhardt Anonymous Marc Shulgold Jack Langguth Soledad Selva Stella Lopez Ernie Arboles & Stephanie Chavez Don & Marcia Rutberg Linda Sheldon Joe & Barbara Saltzman Michael & Connie Lopez Janice Tidwell Clancy Sigal Little Lady Lori Joe & Barbara Saltzman Barbara Meislin Don, Celeste & Kelly Snyder Bob Long Donna Snyder Jeff Miller & Melinda Cotton Doug Sperber Adam Marceron Ben & Jennifer Herschbein Joe & Barbara Saltzman Joe & Barbara Saltzman Zovinar Mehranbod Hitoshi “Jerry” Takemoto Joe & Barbara Saltzman James Vasquez & Debra Ono Dee Wayne Miller Maureen Tyson Anonymous Barry & Irene Tyson

11 Our Mission To empower ill and economically disadvantaged children facing serious challenges by sharing the universal message of hope, joy and resilience with Jester book and doll donations to hospitals and with literacy programs inspired by The Jester You Shop ... Has Lost His Jingle. Amazon Gives ... BOARD OF GOVERNORS The Phund Benefits Officers Barbara Saltzman, President Help The Jester & Pharley Allan C. Jones, D.D.S., Vice President Phund help even more Joe Saltzman, Vice President kids with cancer. Simply Liz Mitchell, Secretary shop for everyone on Beth Kleid, Treasurer your gift list this holiday Members Craig R. Fox, Ph.D. season at smile.amazon. Mandaar Gokhale, M.D. com/ch/95-4785834 and Mauricio Heilbron, Jr., M.D. Amazon will donate Michele Botwin Raphael Three-year-old Miranda delights in The Jester & 0.5% of your eligible Jennifer Glimpse Saltzman, M.Ed. Pharley Doll at Miller Children’s Hospital Long David Odaka AmazonSmile purchases Michael Saltzman Beach, CA. She is one of the many thousands of to The Jester & Pharley Mark Wiedenmann children with cancer whose lives are brightened James Vasquez, M.B.A. for years by The Jester & Pharley. Phund. Deborah Zwelling Board of Advisors Literacy & Medical Programs ... By the Numbers Gregory S. Alban Morgan Stanley, Torrance, CA Katy Castagna avid Saltzman’s The Jester Has Lost His Jingle has been making a CEO, United Way, Monterey, CA D Divya-Devi Joshi, M.D. big difference in thousands of lives for 22 years. CEO, OSF Healthcare, IL Norman Panitch, M.D. Pages read by students to provide Jester books & dolls Ret. Torrance Memorial Medical Center, CA 45,223,158 to ill children Joseph W. Gordon Ret., Yale College, CT Most pages read by one school in the 2016-17 school Rita Goshert, M.A. 624,284 year — Salk Elementary, Anaheim, CA Miller Children’s Hospital Long Beach, CA Jester books & dolls donated to hospitals and schools Jeffrey Miller, Ph.D. 189,794 nationwide Cornerstone OnDemand Sean Phipps, Ph.D. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, TN Students participating in Jester & Pharley Read-A-Thons 129,885 to benefit ill children TO CONTACT US Most pages read by one student in a Jester Read-A-Thon 33,702 The Jester & Pharley Phund Hospitals receiving Jester books & dolls nationwide P.O. Box 817 325 Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274 Schools participating in Jester & Pharley Phund 800-9-JESTER • 310-544-4733 263 Read-A-Thons nationwide www.thejester.org [email protected] Jester & Pharley Smile Cart activity centers in The Jester & Pharley Phund is a non-profit 51 hospitals and other facilities nationwide 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Federal Tax ID #95-4785834. The most Jester literacy programs requested by one Your tax-deductible donation supports our 7 school — Jefferson Elementary, Compton, CA programs benefiting ill and special-needs children and literacy. 50-foot tall Jester & Pharley parade balloons —­ in 2 Oakland and Dallas FOLLOW US ON 12