How do you cook an egg on a summer's day? Sunny side up.
How do Clown Doctors like their eggs? Funny side up.
These are some of the many egg related jokes that the Clown Doctors and Sunny Queen Farms have come up with as they get ready for National Smile Day - a fundraising event that helps sick children 'crack a smile'.
To kick start the April 1 National Smile Day celebrations, Sunny Queen Farms, the makers of the eggs with a smile, will donate $10,000 to the Clown Doctors to assist them in spreading humour to children in over 20 hospitals across Australia.
The Clown Doctors dose sick children with a very special kind of of medicine: laughter and smiles when they need it most.
If there is a painful procedure to be had, the Clown Doctors will be there to distract the children; if a child is involved in an emergency, the Clown Doctors will be there to help keep them calm; and if a child needs a bit of encouragement during physiotherapy, the Clown Doctors will be there, as well.
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National Smile Day will be the second time in a week that Clown Doctors have been involved in a charitable event.
On March 26, 2010, Cadbury's and the Tasmanian Police Charity Trust helped raise money for Clown Doctors by running the Miles for Smiles Walk.
Despite getting support from individuals and organisations, Clown Doctors don't receive funding from the government and the hospitals they work for, making donations crucial.
However despite not having government and hospital funding, the Clown Doctors help over 100,000 people every year.
Julie Proctor, marketing manager, Sunny Queen Farms, said everyone had to do their bit to make the event successful.
"The Clown Doctors need donations, and we're egg-static to be able to help spread the word about the extraordinary work they do in children's hospitals across Australia," Proctor said.
The Humour Foundation's Creative Director and Co-Founder, Jean Paul Bell said he was ecstatic that Sunny Queen Farms had pledged $10,000 however urged more people to donate.
"Laughter is the best medicine! Sunny Queen's generous donation is very welcome, and we egg-stend and invitation to all the donate," Bell said.
And as for those who can't contribute financially, you can help sick children crack a smile on National Smile Day by donating a joke on facebook.com/SunnyTheEgg
For more information, visit
http://smileday.com.au
To donate to the Clown Doctors, visit
commbank.com.au/clowndoctors or phone 1300 666 890.