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Email Annie Jacquet at annie.jacquet@sssrome.it

Accepting applications NOW and through June.

Starting in the fall of 2017, SSS students can take part in a unique experience as part of their Service Learning or IB CAS experience; they can learn the skills needed to become a Clown Doctor! This special course is offered only at St. Stephen’s. Students will meet once a week from October 2017 through April 2018 and learn from local clown doctors from Gemelli Hospital and La Casa di Andrea how important it is to work with children who are suffering from life-threatening diseases. The skills students will learn can be applied directly to their volunteer work at La Casa di Andrea. There are 15 places available and lessons will take place on Wednesdays at the Cultural Center from 4pm to 5:15pm. If you are interested in signing up for this course, please send an email to organizer Ms. Jacquet at annie.jacquet@sssrome.it before June 10^th.

Here is a short explanation of the club from 10th-grade member Maria Gabriella C.

“Clown therapy has been a really special activity. It helped me to understand how difficult it is to imagine what these children have to face on a daily basis. It has been a stress releasing activity and it helped me to forget about any insignificant problems in my life. Clown therapy made me discover how beautiful it is to see the world with different eyes and to develop respect towards each other. I discovered that I live better without judging anything. I understood, thanks to some exercises, how to travel with my mind, using only my imagination. In the course, we always play with emotions, we open up to other people, and it's reassuring to know that we are not alone, that there's always someone out there to help and to make us feel better. Clown therapy has been an amazing experience because it teaches us how to live a life full of joy and unity and how to apply those feelings in order to help others.”