Barbara Saltzman is The Jester's Mom and president of the non-profit Jester & Pharley Phund, which boosts literacy while helping ill children Our Mission: To give children joy, laughter, the love of learning, and a way to live up to The Jester’s motto: “It’s up to us to make a difference. It’s up to us to care.”© Go to The Jester & Pharley Phund website at www.thejester.org. We work to empower children with cancer and economically disadvantaged children facing major challenges by sharing the universal messages of hope, joy, laughter, resilience and perseverance in “The Jester Has Lost His Jingle." The award-winning children's book was written and illustrated by David Saltzman before his death from cancer at 22 in 1990. We are dedicated to helping all children – especially minority and low-income children – through literacy and medical programs inspired by “The Jester's" motto: “It's up to us to make a difference. It's up to us to care."© We envision all children improving their lives with these programs.