UHCCF seeks young comedians for joke book

The UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation is now collecting children’s favorite puns, knock-knock jokes and riddles for two upcoming joke books set to be released on World Smile Day on October 2nd. The printed joke books will reportedly be available for sale, given out to hospitalized children, and will also be used to generate funds for medical grants that help families pay for their child health care needs.

Children 17 and under, with the help of a parent or legal guardian, can submit their jokes online on the UHCCF website at http://www.uhccf.org/news-events/submit-a-joke/ until May 31st.

Last year, UHCCF published its first joke book, “Little Book – Big Laughs Joke Book,” that contained more than 600 jokes for kids submitted by kids. Officials say the popularity of that book and the requests from parents and kids for additional joke books now provides them with an opportunity for more kids to be published and to help more children in need.