Six Hawthorne, CA, Schools Read to Help
Students at six Hawthorne elementary schools are diving into reading, reading and more reading as they begin a three-week Jester & Pharley Phund Read-A-Thon to benefit their community.
Farmers & Merchants Bank Joins Jester Project
The Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation and F&M Bank branch offices in Redondo Beach and Rolling Hills Estates joined hands to support The Jester & Pharley Phund’s project to reprint
A Magical Moment
Recalling a Magical Moment By Barbara Saltzman (The Jester’s Mom) I remember so well joining the great actor Ed Asner on stage at the L.A. Sports Arena to bring The
NAILBA Charitable Foundation Grant Recipient Spotlight on The Jester & Pharley Phund
Inspired by award-winning book, The Jester & Pharley Phund brings smiles to children coping with serious illness. David Saltzman wrote and illustrated The Jester Has Lost His Jingle during his senior year
The Jester Now Speaks Japanese
Junior Jester Sophia Muratsuchi presents First Lady of Japan with the bilingual English/Japanese Jester.
Laughing With ‘The Perfect Book for This Time’
Families and educators find The Jester to be the best way to rediscover laughter.
You Can Always Find a Smile With The Jester & Pharley
“I am never alone when The Jester & Pharley are around.” A young cancer patient smiled as she told that to Barbara Saltzman, The Jester’s Mom, many years ago. We’re hearing that a lot nowadays.
Cub Scouts Keep Promise to Help Others
Members of Lunada Bay Cub Scout Pack 276 take the Cub Scout oath – “To help other people at all times” – very seriously.
Miles of Smiles Roll into Orthopaedic Institute for Children
Giggles, laughs and smiles filled a waiting room at Orthopaedic Institute for Children in Los Angeles, as a colorful Jester & Pharley Smile Care delivered Jester books and dolls into the hands of young patients.
Bringing a Jester Jingle to Pediatric Therapy Network
Author-artist David Saltzman’s Chadwick classmates found the perfect way to remember him for their 30th reunion.