Thank you to everyone who made the Choose to Laugh Library a huge success!
View Event Photos

Integral to the Choose to Laugh philosophy is the idea that attitude affects one’s well-being and ability to heal. Equally true is the notion that environment profoundly affects one’s attitude. Against this backdrop, we collaborated with the Wellness Community of West Los Angeles to create the first ever Choose to Laugh Library. With the help of designer Ella Cottrell and other numerous passionate people and organizations, Choose to Laugh was able to transform this room into a communal space of positivity, joy and healing.

Special Thanks
Choose to Laugh would like to extend a very special thanks to the extraordinary generosity of the following individuals and organizations, without whom the Choose to Laugh Library would not have been possible:

What is the Wellness Community?
Founded in 1982, the mission of the Wellness Community is to help people with cancer and their loved ones enhance their health and well- being by providing a professional program of emotional support, education, and hope. The place is really fantastic; you can find everything from Stress Management Workshops to Yoga to group and individual therapy 6 days a week, all year round. The best part – the Wellness Community is completely free of charge for cancer patients, their friends and family. The Wellness Community is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization that does not charge for any of its services. It is supported by tax-deductible contributions from the public and from organizations like Choose to Laugh, Inc. For more information you can visit The Wellness Community–West LA Website.

What is Choose to Laugh providing to the Wellness Community?
The Choose to Laugh Comedy Library and Screening Room.
One of Choose to Laugh’s main ideologies is that attitude affects one’s ability to overcome adversity. Knowing that environment has a great affect on one’s attitude, Choose to Laugh realized there was an opportunity to have a great impact on the Wellness Community. Recently, the Wellness Community gained access to a new 1100 square foot addition to their facility. What if we used this opportunity to demonstrate that a well designed environment can positively effect one’s attitude, and in turn, one’s ability to heal?

We have teamed up with the Wellness Community to reinvigorate part of the 1100 square foot space. In it we are creating a room, not just any room, but a place where environment and content can help inspire the right state of mind for healing.

In developing this room Choose to Laugh is taking full responsibility for its layout, structure and design. The room’s primary function will be that of a comedy library and screening room. Every visitor to the Wellness Community will have access to its wide selection of comedy titles that we plan to provide. The library will operate similar to your local video store, except no late charges, no membership and no deadlines. We are also going to be contributing furniture including a big screen television and couches to allow visitors to pop-in a comedy selection of their choice right at the Wellness Community. Laughter, the best medicine, will be available all day, anytime in a comfortable, easy-to-access environment.

How can you help?
There are a number of ways any of you can get involved in our project for the Wellness Community:
• Donate comedy – Yes DVDs, Video Cassettes, Books, anything… we would love your donations to make our library full and complete
• Donate furniture – this is a little trickier but if you’d like to donate a piece of furniture or the finances to get one, please feel free to be in touch
• Donate your time – if you are an architect or interior designer and would like to see your talents go to great use, you can get involved. We are looking for unique, budget conscience ideas to make the Choose to Laugh Comedy Library a great success
• If you would like to be involved, simply email us at: friends@choosetolaugh.org or be in touch with Alexis Speed, our internal project manager, at 310-722-8212

Click resources below for more information:
• The Laugh Library Request for Proposal to Architects and Designers
• Visit The Wellness Community on the Internet
• Donate to Choose to Laugh, Inc. in support of this or other projects