Community Health Talks

Free Event!

Join Prescription Joy at the Fortress of Lushington on June 19, 2018 at 7:30pm for a Community Health Talk on Concussions. Hosted by Dr. Jose H. Posas III, a well known and established Neurologist in the New Orleans area. The talk will include the science of concussions, warning signs, treatment and other relevant information pretaining to this all-too-common, and very misunderstood injury.

All are welcome! Concessions will be available for purchase.

BIO: 

Dr. Jose Posas is a graduate of the medical school at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. He did his residency training at University of Miami in Neurology where he was a Chief Resident in his final year there. He was the inaugural Sports Neurology follow at Kerlan Jobe Orthopedic Clinic in Los Angeles, California. He has been practicing Sports Neurology focusing on concussions and posttraumatic headaches at Ochsner Baptist in Louisiana in since 2014. The he is engaged at the national level with the American Academy of Neurology in the Healthcare Disparity Task Force for 2018 and is a graduate of the Diversity Leadership Program with the American Academy of Neurology in 2017. He is passionate about reducing unconscious bias towards women and racially and ethnically diverse patient populations and healthcare providers.
 

Fundraiser March 5th, 2018!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Event Details

WHO: Prescription Joy Medical Clowning Company

WHAT: Medical Clowning Fundraiser

WHERE: The Fortress Of Lushington, 2215 Burgundy St. New Orleans, LA 70117

WHEN: March 5th, 2018, Doors at 7pm, performances begin at 7:45 and lobby till 10pm

TICKETS: www.prescriptionjoy.org

You are invited to join Becca Chapman and Alex Smith (Co-Founders of Prescription Joy: the new organization dedicated to bringing Medical Clowning to the New Orleans area and beyond) at their Spring fundraiser and launch party “Medical Clowning Fundraiser” on March 5th, 2018 at the Fortress of Lushington.

Medical Clowning uses humor and human connection to aid in healing patients, families, and even staff members. Prescription Joy creates an environment of joy and healing for all. Alex Smith was last seen onstage as “Manfred” in Le Petit’s Sleeping Beauty and can be currently caught monthly as the dastardly dashing Nigel Killjoy in Debauchery. Becca Chapman is a Fourth Grade teacher at Trinity Episcopal School and an award-winning local actress who was last seen as “Esme” in NOLA Project’s Spider Queen. Together they are theatrical clowns that have learned under and trained with professional clown instructors across the nation. They are excited about bringing clowning to New Orleans hospitals to assist in healing through play!

Prescription Joy’s two initial clowns Joe and Goe (pronounced ‘joe’) debuted at Children’s Hospital uptown this past summer with great success, and are currently in communication with Ochsner’s Hospital for Children located on Jefferson Hwy. The positive feedback received from patients, parents, and hospital staff has proved that Medical Clowning can truly impact the healing process at a fundamental level. New Orleans and the region need an organization to develop personal connections and promote healing through humor and play.

Prescription Joy’s Fundraiser will be a combination of performances and carnival style games. Come see local clowning performances by Joe and Goe (Alex Smith and Becca Chapman), Darci Fulcher, Owen Ever, Glenna Broderick, along with musical performances by Rebecca Zoë Leigh, Caroline Fourmy, and David Symons & Jennie Lavine with Klezervation Hall as well as our incomparable MC, Grace Kennedy. Games like: Cornhole with actual husks of corn, Jenga, Operation, a Thumb Wrestling Station, and reverse Pinata (where you have to rebuild and refill a pinata while blindfolded)! Guests are encouraged to bring friends, family, and their inner child.

The fundraiser will also feature both an online auction, silent auction, and a live auction featuring many of the community’s artists and resources for healing and entertainment. Online auction items can be bid on through Prescription Joy’s website www.prescriptionjoy.org until March 10th. La Cocinita Food Truck will be parked outside selling their delicious items, and margaritas from La Carreta Mexican Restaurant, wine, and beer will be sold for purchase inside.

Prescription Joy is currently under the fiscal sponsorship of Goat in the Road Productions, which allows the organization to accept tax-deductible donations. Donations can be accepted at the event as well as on the website: www.prescriptionjoy.org.

They will be parked out front of the Fortress of Lushington selling their awesomeness!

Supplying us with delicious margaritas!

Beer donated by Urban South Brewery!