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paying his mortgage and lost his
৵дh௱ࢸ (Mark Kane) ࿁Ϥ
home. “I didn’t want to do anything
ܘชጳሳf˼੬ίБᔼࣛԴ
anymore,” he says. “All I wanted to
do was be away from people.”
͜ɓԬڢ੬ٙ˙جdԷνོ
Theatrics had long been a part
of Reges’ life. His mom was a pup-
ਸ਼ձ৵ஔᐕجf௱ࢸ͎ٙፋಀ
peteer, and when he was in high
school, Reges had a part-time job
݊ɓΤʃʒdμܑ͜Ꮀձᇆ
playing a clown on a local Bozo’s
ڌစԸܔͭ๖ஷٙd̍
Big Top television show.
Decades later in Iraq, the Army
ܼί 1960 ϋ˾͜வ၇˙όԸ
reservist was assigned to civil af-
fairs with duties that included
ᇠձኪࣧ၇ૄፄΥ੭Ըٙၡੵ
helping rebuild schools. He quickly
҅ැf
recognized that Iraqi children were
terrified of U.S. soldiers in their full
௱ࢸםəɓ໊ಀཱི
body armor. So he asked his mom
աːଣੰਪᕚѢᓔٙৗͼ
to send over some puppets. The
kids loved them, and so did Reges
ࠏɛdԨၾԭɓৎֻ࠭
and his fellow troops. He even
started a nonprofit called Peace
͘ή৵זfՉʕఱϞཤࣸ
Through Puppets.
(Reges)fίઞஞ֘Յ৫ձᔼ
But back at home, he was suffer-
ing. He desperately needed some
৫ಂගd௱ࢸՑɓ໊ཱིࠬ
levity, and that’s when clowning
found him again.
ᒲٙৗͼࠏɛᏖɪቻdɦ྅
Around 2015, Hunter “Patch”
܀ɿɓᅵڌစf˼Ⴍd˼ࡁۃ
Adams, the clown-doctor famously
portrayed by Robin Williams in
ֻவԬ೯࢝ʕࣛdʔ݊੭
the 1998 movie about his life using
humor to heal, wanted to send a
ഹ M16 ӉdϾ݊੭ഹ˼ࡁ
group of veterans with PTSD and
other conditions to Guatemala for a
ٙߎᄀɿf
week and teach them to clown.
߅ኪӺ˕ܵʃʒڌစ
Clinical psychologist Mark Kane,
who had been counseling veterans
ʔසᜫᝈաूdɰᜫڌစ٫
for nearly 20 years at the Grand
Rapids Vet Center in Michigan, was
աूj˼ࡁٙɽ໘ึପ͛ළପ
intrigued. He’d often used out-of-
९ձεˋᶶഃᜫɛชᙂԄλٙ
the-box approaches in his practice,
including drum circles and equine
ஃဧႆdԎဧႭf࿁ϞԬৗͼ
therapy. Kane’s mother had been a
ࠏɛԸႭdί͘ή৵זڌစʃ
clown and used humor and clown-
ing to build bridges, including to
ʒ݊˼ࡁεϋԸୋɓϣชՑҞ
address racial tension over school
integration in the 1960s.
ᆀf˼ࡁᏖɪቻeࠦՈ
Kane enlisted a group of veterans
ձᄀɿdකڌစࣛd˼ࡁ
who had struggled with their men-
tal health to fly to Guatemala with
密西根勇士小丑劇團在退伍軍人之家、街頭市集和車展上表演,照片中 Adams. Reges was among them.
ѓൡҢdҢชᙂІʉҗֽᓖ
他們正鑽進一條巨大的內褲裡。 Williams) ˴စٙෂাཥᅂ During visits to orphanages and
୭əІҢdԎဧႭf
“What happens when you clown is you
hospitals, Kane watched a group
PHOTOGRAPH: DARREN IOZIA Warrior Clowns, add good memories to the really hard in wigs and act like children again.
್ϾdΫܝd˼ۍཱི
The Michigan
௱ࢸ௰ፔਠʈЪʕ
of embattled individuals dress up
աᆟf˼ڢ੬ცࠅɓԬऊ
֮փ(Patch) ʕᄿމɛٝ
seen here climbing
ৗ;dШʥ್ᘱᚃၾவࡈྠ
ones. It gives you a weapon to fight
They’re going to these developing
into a large pair
countries not with their M16s but
ķķ ซࠅɓ໊ઃϞ௴ෆܝᏐ
dఱίவࣛd˼ɦࠠܽ࿁ʃ
ɓৎڌစʃʒf˼ୋɚϣΫՑ
of underwear,
against the hard things.”
with their red noses, he says.
PHOTOGRAPH: DARREN IOZIA perform at ɽߒί 2015 ϋdЖत ৗͼࠏɛ̘͘ή৵זɓd clowning benefits not just audi-
ʒڌစٙฌλf
ዧღᖟ (PTSD) ձՉ˼शषٙ
veterans homes,
Science supports the idea that
street fairs, and
car shows.
ЫҲစʃʒࣛdЫึ
֮փԭ (Hunter “Patch”
˼ࡁνОڌစʃʒf
ίԟԬ೨߮ٙΫኳʕ̋ɝ
DECEMBER 2025 ROTARY 15
Adams) ķķ வЗ˸ܑᎰᐕᓹ
ίГ࣬ψɽܢݴ۬ৗ
षઃٙʃʒᔼ͛dಀί 1998
ʈЪڐ 20 ϋٙᑗґːଣኪ
ϋ ͟ ᖯ Ⴗh۾ ก (Robin
ҤѢྤٙ؛ኜf
10/29/25 19:02
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