Charity Poker Tournament Hosted by Nancy Cartwright

Nancy Cartwright will be lending her voice to something more than Bart Simpson this December when she hosts a charity poker tournament for her charity Happy House. She formed the charity with Rose Goss who is an author and documentary producer. The goal of Happy House is to bring safer communities by building better families. The event will take place at Cartwright's home and the money raised will be used to distribute one million, The Way to Happiness booklets.

Cartwright wants to distribute the pamphlets starting in her neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley. She hopes to spread the message of Happy House and spread happiness as well. "We here at Happy House use a little booklet called The Way to Happiness, which has 21 simple little chapters that make up a common-sense guide to happy living," Cartwright says in a letter on the Happy House Web site. "What happy means in this case is a life with respect, friendship, trust, family, prosperity and all those things that we live for."

The event will be held on December 15th and will include a barbecue and well as poker. The cost to enter is $75 or people can just enjoy the food for $25. Tickets for children to attend the event are $5. "It's the kind of thing that many people could sit down and read pretty quickly, and these little reminders such as to take care of yourself, the environment, your family and parents, to try to live with the truth and to do good work and basically to treat others as you would have them treat you, these little reminders are things we need."