Klownski

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HOW DID THIS BECOME A MOVEMENT? Well, one day at a Dodgers game, our founder Sergio Franco aka \"Klownski,\" jokingly put on a red nose and felt a rush from the smiles he created on other fans faces, so over the next few weeks, he feverishly started planning to host his first event which had a turnout of 700+ Klownski's throughout the stands which helped create awareness for children fighting cancer, the disability community, and the forgotten homeless throughout Los Angeles. HOW CAN YOU JOIN US AND HELP? Please enter your email below, follow us online, volunteer your time, donate new or lightly used items, or donate financially to our cause. All proceeds we raise will provide resources for families fighting cancer, families with children who have disabilities, feeding the homeless, and the families staying at the Ronald McDonald House in Los Angeles. BE PART OF THE MOVEMENT!!!! BE A #KLOWNSKI Raise Awareness, Volunteer, Donate and Wear a Red Nose DONATE Our Vision To make sure others enjoy a social and productive life by creating a resource center for everyone in need, especially those with disabilities, children fighting cancer, and the homeless community. Providing financial guidance, social counseling, connecting people to available resources, and advice on federal or state programs will help focus our fight to educate and empower others. Learn more Our Mission Everyone deserves to smile, especially those in need. Klownski Foundation, a California-based 501c3, is dedicated to ensuring families are well equipped to support their children with special health needs. Our mission is to strengthen the support that families have to care for their children. Through a blend of food and critical item distribution, community engagement, and awareness events, as well as advocacy work, we work to realize our vision of strong, smiling communities. Learn more We Live We Love We Laugh WE ARE ALL KLOWNSKI & No ONE gets left behind Learn More Amazon Smile Donate by shopping Amazon. Just choose the Klownski Foundation, and part of the sales automatically goes towards our foundation. To learn more, click the button below. More Sign Up Get involved and stay up to date Subscribe By submitting your information, you are granting us permission to email you. You may unsubscribe at any time. Welcome Fellow Klownski's Thank you for supporting the movement. Don't forget to follow us online and use #Klownski to help bring awareness and join our community. https://www.instagram.com/klownski/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/klownskiFoundation/ https://www.facebook.com/KlownskiToys/ https://www.facebook.com/KLOWNSKI/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQxraZMrT4pyX2h9Vcb56XQ https://www.linkedin.com/in/klownski-%C2%AE-99bb92178 Klownski Foundation Team Meet the force behind our campaigns. 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Come Volunteer Location: 6th and Gladys, Downtown Los Angeles (Directions) Over the last 10 years in Los Angeles we have helped serve over 36,000 meals to homeless on skid row and you can help too. Help us help others Sign up below it's FREE Join Us, Create Smiles Sign up and join us The Ronald McDonald House in Los Angeles Not just children fighting to survive but families having to be there by their side while in treatment. We donate our time to feed the families and put smiles not just on the children fighting but also their siblings and parents, Join us and fill your heart with goodness. Join Us, Create Smiles Statistics 15,421 Klownski members 200+ Volunteers $20K Money raised 240% Growth since 2017 14K Homeless fed since 2017 200+ Klownski dolls donated 2M+ Views on social media Join us today Sign up to become a volunteer Sign up By submitting your information, you are granting us permission to email you. You may unsubscribe at any time. Thank You!!! Thank you for signing up for volunteer services!!! Sign in", "word_count": 265, "char_count": 1532 }, { "url": "https://www.klownski.com/events", "page_name": "Events - Klownski", "title": "Events - Klownski", "content": "shared.ada.skipToMainContent Create Smiles for you and others involved... Come Be A Klownski Come join the fun as you and 100+ Klownski's take over one of the many surrounding Los Angeles Stadiums and/or local event spaces. From your first event on you will feel what it's like to be a part of a movement based around family and care for others as we cheer for our soldiers and warriors fighting the battle against disability, disease, or seclusion. Although we come from a background of Dodgers themed parties we are not a movement based just on sports and cheering we do get pretty fancy and dance the night away at our annual \"Red Carpet Klownski Gala\", plus many more ways to get involved and help our communities! Join the Klownski's and see what the red nose is all about!! Klownski Gala Enjoy The Red Carpet feel as the paparazzi catch joyous shots of you, your friends and family throughout the night. Let Fancy be an understatement as you partake in a night of letting loose, feeling free, and having fun while supporting others and a great cause. Klownski's Dodger - Beach Party Takeover Enjoy a day at the beach soaking up some fun in the sun with 1000+ Dodger fans, Klownski staff, board members, volunteers, and visiting Foundation Supporters... Ceremonial First Pitch Be a part of the experience and come to one of our group outings or join us at a ballgame where we enjoy batting practice from the field, parade the stadium or tour the field. Concerts Social events Be part of the FUN and come celebrate the good things in life!!!!!! DJ and Entertainment Enjoy the sounds at our events hosted by Sign in", "word_count": 284, "char_count": 1618 }, { "url": "http://www.klownski.com/", "page_name": "Home - Klownski", "title": "Home - Klownski", "content": "shared.ada.skipToMainContent The Klownski Foundation Creating Smiles It's nice to meet you Tell me more Welcome to our website Learn how to become a Klownski \"All children have a right to reach their full potential regardless of ability.\" -Klownski The Klownski Foundation is on a mission to create change by empowering others with a better quality of life. We help raise awareness for children with cancer and support families of children who have disabilities or are homeless. Less than 4% of the National Cancer Institute goes to childhood cancer research, although 700+ children worldwide are diagnosed with childhood cancer every day. It is estimated that 93 million children live with disabilities throughout the world; half of them are out of school. Many are invisible or hidden by their families and abandoned due to a lack of support or knowledge. 76% of people living homeless in the Los Angeles area reported being or were observed to be affected by mental illness, physical disability, poor health, or substance abuse. WE NEED TO CREATE CHANGE NOW!!! What is a Klownski, and why did they decide to help? Nobody likes the \"C\" word around here, but we love kindness, so we replaced the \"C\" with a \"K,\" took the happiness of a clown, and turned my volunteer broski's into \"Klownski's,\" and now we help create smiles for those in need. HOW DID THIS BECOME A MOVEMENT? Well, one day at a Dodgers game, our founder Sergio Franco aka \"Klownski,\" jokingly put on a red nose and felt a rush from the smiles he created on other fans faces, so over the next few weeks, he feverishly started planning to host his first event which had a turnout of 700+ Klownski's throughout the stands which helped create awareness for children fighting cancer, the disability community, and the forgotten homeless throughout Los Angeles. HOW CAN YOU JOIN US AND HELP? Please enter your email below, follow us online, volunteer your time, donate new or lightly used items, or donate financially to our cause. All proceeds we raise will provide resources for families fighting cancer, families with children who have disabilities, feeding the homeless, and the families staying at the Ronald McDonald House in Los Angeles. BE PART OF THE MOVEMENT!!!! BE A #KLOWNSKI Raise Awareness, Volunteer, Donate and Wear a Red Nose DONATE Our Vision To make sure others enjoy a social and productive life by creating a resource center for everyone in need, especially those with disabilities, children fighting cancer, and the homeless community. Providing financial guidance, social counseling, connecting people to available resources, and advice on federal or state programs will help focus our fight to educate and empower others. Learn more Our Mission Everyone deserves to smile, especially those in need. Klownski Foundation, a California-based 501c3, is dedicated to ensuring families are well equipped to support their children with special health needs. Our mission is to strengthen the support that families have to care for their children. Through a blend of food and critical item distribution, community engagement, and awareness events, as well as advocacy work, we work to realize our vision of strong, smiling communities. Learn more We Live We Love We Laugh WE ARE ALL KLOWNSKI & No ONE gets left behind Learn More Amazon Smile Donate by shopping Amazon. Just choose the Klownski Foundation, and part of the sales automatically goes towards our foundation. To learn more, click the button below. More Sign Up Get involved and stay up to date Subscribe By submitting your information, you are granting us permission to email you. You may unsubscribe at any time. Welcome Fellow Klownski's Thank you for supporting the movement. Don't forget to follow us online and use #Klownski to help bring awareness and join our community. https://www.instagram.com/klownski/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/klownskiFoundation/ https://www.facebook.com/KlownskiToys/ https://www.facebook.com/KLOWNSKI/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQxraZMrT4pyX2h9Vcb56XQ https://www.linkedin.com/in/klownski-%C2%AE-99bb92178 Klownski Foundation Team Meet the force behind our campaigns. We don't just strive to be the best, but we also help the best. Meet the team Business Hours Monday - Friday 09:00 am – 05:00pm Appointments only Saturday - Sunday Appointments only Sign in", "word_count": 675, "char_count": 4340 }, { "url": "https://www.klownski.com/our-heroes", "page_name": "Our Heroes - Klownski", "title": "Our Heroes - Klownski", "content": "shared.ada.skipToMainContent OUR HEROES Meet Emily (Emi) She is not just our HEROE she is our ANGEL. This is the face we fight for This is the face we will always FIGHT for!!!! Emi was an 8 year old who fought a rare form of brain cancer called sPNET. She was diagnosed at age 4 and had up to 4 surgeries. She relapsed 8/14/17 and unfortunately gained her wings. Emi has not left us, her spirit is why we fight every day and we will continue to fight relentlessly. No child should ever fight alone and no family ever will. We love you Emi!!! Meet Peej (PJ) PJ was born with Treacher Collins Syndrome which causes underdeveloped facial features which can range from moderate to severe and can affect breathing, eating, hearing and sight - to state it in a politically incorrect way, it causes deformities of the face. PJ spent the first 65 days in the hospital... The family celebrated Christmas, New Years Eve, mom's birthday, and Valentines Day while living in the NICU. PJ also had two surgeries while in the NICU before the family were allowed to bring him home. PJ's parents soon realized that they had an incredible opportunity to spread kindness by having PJ visit schools that have read the book Wonder. Meeting a real-life Auggie Pullman helps bring the book to life and expose the children to differences. With the hope of influencing future generations to be kinder and more tolerant of differences, PJ's parents have become certified motivational speakers with the Children’s Craniofacial Association and volunteer to speak in schools that have read Wonder. While speaking in schools they also incorporate fundraisers to raise money for various non-profit organizations that help children, like PJ, who have excessive medical expenses. PJ's parents call these fundraisers “PJs for PJ”. For a small donation from each student, the kids are allowed to have a pajama day while they discuss kindness, inclusion and acceptance. So far, “PJs for PJ” fundraisers have raised and donated over $65,000! The hope for PJs future is that the world will be a kinder and more accepting place where people can learn to look past his differences and see him the way that I see him. PJ's family also has high hope that PJ learns to advocate for himself in such a positive way that people will not see him as “the boy with Treacher Collins”, but rather, “the boy who speaks in schools, encourages kindness and raises money for other kids”. Watch PJ's Story The boy who speaks in schools and encourages kindness!!! Meet The Paulys Lifting the spirits of the homeless with the gift of music Paul Avila’s son, Pauly, born blind and autistic, could only be calmed with the sound of music in his ears. As a young boy, Paul would accompany his mother to downtown Los Angeles to bring food and clothes to his uncle on skid row. Remembering how good he felt when he gave food and clothing to the less fortunate; it was a feeling of accomplishment. This feeling stayed with Paul as he grew up. Inspired by his son’s reaction to music, Paul, with his own money, purchased radio headsets and distributed them to the homeless on skid row. These headsets seemed to give them the feeling of being connected with the world around them. As the news of his mission spread, Paul started getting more and more resources to purchase more headsets as well as hygiene packages. Now Paul holds a yearly event, around the holidays, to provide meals, headsets, hygiene products and musical entertainment to the homeless. Stressing the fact that one hundred percent of all donations received by Pauly’s Project goes to the purchase of these essential items. Paul hopes to have this project grow even bigger in the future and with the help of the generous hearts of businesses and the public, he will accomplish his goals. To learn more about Pauly's project click the button below Click here Meet AJ His laugh and smile is contagious! Meet Adrian Joseph but we call him AJ for short. This little boy is full of so much love and happiness you can’t help but become obsessed with him. AJ was diagnosed with Autism at the age of 3. He was non verbal for many years not until last year he surprised us by saying Mom non stop. AJ has already received 3 academic awards for performing higher than his grade level. He is our genius! AJ loves loud music and enjoys watching his grandpa play in his band! I thank organizations like Klownski for opening opportunities for children like my AJ. HEROES Gallery Sign in", "word_count": 781, "char_count": 4472 }, { "url": "http://www.klownski.com/contact-us", "page_name": "Contact us - Klownski", "title": "Contact us - Klownski", "content": "shared.ada.skipToMainContent Contact US First name Last name Your email Email subject Your message By checking this box and submitting your information, you are granting us permission to email you. You may unsubscribe at any time. Send Message Message Sent! Your message has been sent successfully, I hope to respond within 24 hours. You can also contact us through social media, links can be found below! 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HOW DID THIS BECOME A MOVEMENT? Well, one day at a Dodgers game, our founder Sergio Franco aka \"Klownski,\" jokingly put on a red nose and felt a rush from the smiles he created on other fans faces, so over the next few weeks, he feverishly started planning to host his first event which had a turnout of 700+ Klownski's throughout the stands which helped create awareness for children fighting cancer, the disability community, and the forgotten homeless throughout Los Angeles. HOW CAN YOU JOIN US AND HELP? Please enter your email below, follow us online, volunteer your time, donate new or lightly used items, or donate financially to our cause. All proceeds we raise will provide resources for families fighting cancer, families with children who have disabilities, feeding the homeless, and the families staying at the Ronald McDonald House in Los Angeles. BE PART OF THE MOVEMENT!!!! BE A #KLOWNSKI Raise Awareness, Volunteer, Donate and Wear a Red Nose DONATE Our Vision To make sure others enjoy a social and productive life by creating a resource center for everyone in need, especially those with disabilities, children fighting cancer, and the homeless community. Providing financial guidance, social counseling, connecting people to available resources, and advice on federal or state programs will help focus our fight to educate and empower others. Learn more Our Mission Everyone deserves to smile, especially those in need. Klownski Foundation, a California-based 501c3, is dedicated to ensuring families are well equipped to support their children with special health needs. Our mission is to strengthen the support that families have to care for their children. Through a blend of food and critical item distribution, community engagement, and awareness events, as well as advocacy work, we work to realize our vision of strong, smiling communities. Learn more We Live We Love We Laugh WE ARE ALL KLOWNSKI & No ONE gets left behind Learn More Amazon Smile Donate by shopping Amazon. Just choose the Klownski Foundation, and part of the sales automatically goes towards our foundation. To learn more, click the button below. More Sign Up Get involved and stay up to date Subscribe By submitting your information, you are granting us permission to email you. You may unsubscribe at any time. Welcome Fellow Klownski's Thank you for supporting the movement. Don't forget to follow us online and use #Klownski to help bring awareness and join our community. https://www.instagram.com/klownski/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/klownskiFoundation/ https://www.facebook.com/KlownskiToys/ https://www.facebook.com/KLOWNSKI/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQxraZMrT4pyX2h9Vcb56XQ https://www.linkedin.com/in/klownski-%C2%AE-99bb92178 Klownski Foundation Team Meet the force behind our campaigns. We don't just strive to be the best, but we also help the best. Meet the team Business Hours Monday - Friday 09:00 am – 05:00pm Appointments only Saturday - Sunday Appointments only Sign in\n\n\n────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\nPAGE 2: Projects - Klownski\nURL: https://www.klownski.com/projects\nWords: 265\n────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\n\nshared.ada.skipToMainContent Have you ever volunteered? Have you ever helped put a smile on someone? If you haven't come wear a klown nose. Join us at one of the fastest growing non-profit organizations in Los Angeles where everyone gets help and everyone is a winner!! Creating Smiles Making kids smile is what keeps us going. Over 200 #Klownski dolls have been donated DONATE Meet Hiccups The man behind the BLUE NOSE and SMILE More Hiccups Pizza Project Get Involved: Every last Sunday of the month. Come Volunteer Location: 6th and Gladys, Downtown Los Angeles (Directions) Over the last 10 years in Los Angeles we have helped serve over 36,000 meals to homeless on skid row and you can help too. Help us help others Sign up below it's FREE Join Us, Create Smiles Sign up and join us The Ronald McDonald House in Los Angeles Not just children fighting to survive but families having to be there by their side while in treatment. We donate our time to feed the families and put smiles not just on the children fighting but also their siblings and parents, Join us and fill your heart with goodness. Join Us, Create Smiles Statistics 15,421 Klownski members 200+ Volunteers $20K Money raised 240% Growth since 2017 14K Homeless fed since 2017 200+ Klownski dolls donated 2M+ Views on social media Join us today Sign up to become a volunteer Sign up By submitting your information, you are granting us permission to email you. You may unsubscribe at any time. Thank You!!! Thank you for signing up for volunteer services!!! Sign in\n\n\n────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\nPAGE 3: Events - Klownski\nURL: https://www.klownski.com/events\nWords: 284\n────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\n\nshared.ada.skipToMainContent Create Smiles for you and others involved... Come Be A Klownski Come join the fun as you and 100+ Klownski's take over one of the many surrounding Los Angeles Stadiums and/or local event spaces. From your first event on you will feel what it's like to be a part of a movement based around family and care for others as we cheer for our soldiers and warriors fighting the battle against disability, disease, or seclusion. Although we come from a background of Dodgers themed parties we are not a movement based just on sports and cheering we do get pretty fancy and dance the night away at our annual \"Red Carpet Klownski Gala\", plus many more ways to get involved and help our communities! Join the Klownski's and see what the red nose is all about!! Klownski Gala Enjoy The Red Carpet feel as the paparazzi catch joyous shots of you, your friends and family throughout the night. Let Fancy be an understatement as you partake in a night of letting loose, feeling free, and having fun while supporting others and a great cause. Klownski's Dodger - Beach Party Takeover Enjoy a day at the beach soaking up some fun in the sun with 1000+ Dodger fans, Klownski staff, board members, volunteers, and visiting Foundation Supporters... Ceremonial First Pitch Be a part of the experience and come to one of our group outings or join us at a ballgame where we enjoy batting practice from the field, parade the stadium or tour the field. Concerts Social events Be part of the FUN and come celebrate the good things in life!!!!!! DJ and Entertainment Enjoy the sounds at our events hosted by Sign in\n\n\n────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\nPAGE 4: Home - Klownski\nURL: http://www.klownski.com/\nWords: 675\n────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\n\nshared.ada.skipToMainContent The Klownski Foundation Creating Smiles It's nice to meet you Tell me more Welcome to our website Learn how to become a Klownski \"All children have a right to reach their full potential regardless of ability.\" -Klownski The Klownski Foundation is on a mission to create change by empowering others with a better quality of life. We help raise awareness for children with cancer and support families of children who have disabilities or are homeless. Less than 4% of the National Cancer Institute goes to childhood cancer research, although 700+ children worldwide are diagnosed with childhood cancer every day. It is estimated that 93 million children live with disabilities throughout the world; half of them are out of school. Many are invisible or hidden by their families and abandoned due to a lack of support or knowledge. 76% of people living homeless in the Los Angeles area reported being or were observed to be affected by mental illness, physical disability, poor health, or substance abuse. WE NEED TO CREATE CHANGE NOW!!! What is a Klownski, and why did they decide to help? Nobody likes the \"C\" word around here, but we love kindness, so we replaced the \"C\" with a \"K,\" took the happiness of a clown, and turned my volunteer broski's into \"Klownski's,\" and now we help create smiles for those in need. HOW DID THIS BECOME A MOVEMENT? Well, one day at a Dodgers game, our founder Sergio Franco aka \"Klownski,\" jokingly put on a red nose and felt a rush from the smiles he created on other fans faces, so over the next few weeks, he feverishly started planning to host his first event which had a turnout of 700+ Klownski's throughout the stands which helped create awareness for children fighting cancer, the disability community, and the forgotten homeless throughout Los Angeles. HOW CAN YOU JOIN US AND HELP? Please enter your email below, follow us online, volunteer your time, donate new or lightly used items, or donate financially to our cause. All proceeds we raise will provide resources for families fighting cancer, families with children who have disabilities, feeding the homeless, and the families staying at the Ronald McDonald House in Los Angeles. BE PART OF THE MOVEMENT!!!! BE A #KLOWNSKI Raise Awareness, Volunteer, Donate and Wear a Red Nose DONATE Our Vision To make sure others enjoy a social and productive life by creating a resource center for everyone in need, especially those with disabilities, children fighting cancer, and the homeless community. Providing financial guidance, social counseling, connecting people to available resources, and advice on federal or state programs will help focus our fight to educate and empower others. Learn more Our Mission Everyone deserves to smile, especially those in need. Klownski Foundation, a California-based 501c3, is dedicated to ensuring families are well equipped to support their children with special health needs. Our mission is to strengthen the support that families have to care for their children. Through a blend of food and critical item distribution, community engagement, and awareness events, as well as advocacy work, we work to realize our vision of strong, smiling communities. Learn more We Live We Love We Laugh WE ARE ALL KLOWNSKI & No ONE gets left behind Learn More Amazon Smile Donate by shopping Amazon. Just choose the Klownski Foundation, and part of the sales automatically goes towards our foundation. To learn more, click the button below. More Sign Up Get involved and stay up to date Subscribe By submitting your information, you are granting us permission to email you. You may unsubscribe at any time. Welcome Fellow Klownski's Thank you for supporting the movement. Don't forget to follow us online and use #Klownski to help bring awareness and join our community. https://www.instagram.com/klownski/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/klownskiFoundation/ https://www.facebook.com/KlownskiToys/ https://www.facebook.com/KLOWNSKI/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQxraZMrT4pyX2h9Vcb56XQ https://www.linkedin.com/in/klownski-%C2%AE-99bb92178 Klownski Foundation Team Meet the force behind our campaigns. We don't just strive to be the best, but we also help the best. Meet the team Business Hours Monday - Friday 09:00 am – 05:00pm Appointments only Saturday - Sunday Appointments only Sign in\n\n\n────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\nPAGE 5: Our Heroes - Klownski\nURL: https://www.klownski.com/our-heroes\nWords: 781\n────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\n\nshared.ada.skipToMainContent OUR HEROES Meet Emily (Emi) She is not just our HEROE she is our ANGEL. This is the face we fight for This is the face we will always FIGHT for!!!! Emi was an 8 year old who fought a rare form of brain cancer called sPNET. She was diagnosed at age 4 and had up to 4 surgeries. She relapsed 8/14/17 and unfortunately gained her wings. Emi has not left us, her spirit is why we fight every day and we will continue to fight relentlessly. No child should ever fight alone and no family ever will. We love you Emi!!! Meet Peej (PJ) PJ was born with Treacher Collins Syndrome which causes underdeveloped facial features which can range from moderate to severe and can affect breathing, eating, hearing and sight - to state it in a politically incorrect way, it causes deformities of the face. PJ spent the first 65 days in the hospital... The family celebrated Christmas, New Years Eve, mom's birthday, and Valentines Day while living in the NICU. PJ also had two surgeries while in the NICU before the family were allowed to bring him home. PJ's parents soon realized that they had an incredible opportunity to spread kindness by having PJ visit schools that have read the book Wonder. Meeting a real-life Auggie Pullman helps bring the book to life and expose the children to differences. With the hope of influencing future generations to be kinder and more tolerant of differences, PJ's parents have become certified motivational speakers with the Children’s Craniofacial Association and volunteer to speak in schools that have read Wonder. While speaking in schools they also incorporate fundraisers to raise money for various non-profit organizations that help children, like PJ, who have excessive medical expenses. PJ's parents call these fundraisers “PJs for PJ”. For a small donation from each student, the kids are allowed to have a pajama day while they discuss kindness, inclusion and acceptance. So far, “PJs for PJ” fundraisers have raised and donated over $65,000! The hope for PJs future is that the world will be a kinder and more accepting place where people can learn to look past his differences and see him the way that I see him. PJ's family also has high hope that PJ learns to advocate for himself in such a positive way that people will not see him as “the boy with Treacher Collins”, but rather, “the boy who speaks in schools, encourages kindness and raises money for other kids”. Watch PJ's Story The boy who speaks in schools and encourages kindness!!! Meet The Paulys Lifting the spirits of the homeless with the gift of music Paul Avila’s son, Pauly, born blind and autistic, could only be calmed with the sound of music in his ears. As a young boy, Paul would accompany his mother to downtown Los Angeles to bring food and clothes to his uncle on skid row. Remembering how good he felt when he gave food and clothing to the less fortunate; it was a feeling of accomplishment. This feeling stayed with Paul as he grew up. Inspired by his son’s reaction to music, Paul, with his own money, purchased radio headsets and distributed them to the homeless on skid row. These headsets seemed to give them the feeling of being connected with the world around them. As the news of his mission spread, Paul started getting more and more resources to purchase more headsets as well as hygiene packages. Now Paul holds a yearly event, around the holidays, to provide meals, headsets, hygiene products and musical entertainment to the homeless. Stressing the fact that one hundred percent of all donations received by Pauly’s Project goes to the purchase of these essential items. Paul hopes to have this project grow even bigger in the future and with the help of the generous hearts of businesses and the public, he will accomplish his goals. To learn more about Pauly's project click the button below Click here Meet AJ His laugh and smile is contagious! Meet Adrian Joseph but we call him AJ for short. This little boy is full of so much love and happiness you can’t help but become obsessed with him. AJ was diagnosed with Autism at the age of 3. He was non verbal for many years not until last year he surprised us by saying Mom non stop. AJ has already received 3 academic awards for performing higher than his grade level. He is our genius! AJ loves loud music and enjoys watching his grandpa play in his band! I thank organizations like Klownski for opening opportunities for children like my AJ. HEROES Gallery Sign in\n\n\n────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\nPAGE 6: Contact us - Klownski\nURL: http://www.klownski.com/contact-us\nWords: 67\n────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\n\nshared.ada.skipToMainContent Contact US First name Last name Your email Email subject Your message By checking this box and submitting your information, you are granting us permission to email you. You may unsubscribe at any time. Send Message Message Sent! Your message has been sent successfully, I hope to respond within 24 hours. 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