Category Archives: Joy Team Updates

#StartingNOW

A new year is as good a time as any to remind ourselves that life is what we make it. We create our experience with every choice we make. Starting right now, what kind of experience are you creating? In conjunction with Positive Propaganda in Portland and Kristian Strang, 12 billboards will pop up in the Portland-Vancouver metro area in […]

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Spreading joy & kindness from coast to coast with #SmileAcrossAmerica for #InternationalDayOfHappiness

For the 3rd year in a row, we’re putting a #SmileAcrossAmerica with positive messages on billboards and bus shelters from coast to coast in honor of International Day of Happiness. All the messages this year focus on kindness and acceptance. International Day of Happiness is March 20th, but the inspiring signs will begin popping up in cities across the nation […]

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The Joy Team Launches Site to Share Good Deeds on World Kindness Day

Following the election, the US has been a volatile place; protests and riots pepper the country, people are reporting emotional distress.  Looking at the news and social media paints a picture of America burdened with hate and fear. We’d like to change that. World Kindness Day (November 13) we launched a website with the goal of bringing some of the good […]

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How positive messages on billboards are making a difference.

The power of words is undeniable. Spoken or read, words influence our thoughts on a deep level. That’s important because our thoughts affect our beliefs, the way we speak and the actions we take; which in turn shapes the circumstances and events of our lives. Put some positive messages up on bright yellow billboards, drive by them on your daily commute […]

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The Joy Team and Adams Outdoor launch year-long positive thought ad campaign

An ad campaign with the sole purpose of making you smile is up and running in Champaign, Illinois. We’re teaming up with Champaign’s Adams Outdoor Advertising office for a year-long happiness project that will rotate four positive messages on billboards as space is available. Three of the four messages are based on scientific research about what makes people feel happier; and […]

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This billboard saved a life

With our billboards, we have made people smile and laugh. We have encouraged and inspired people to keep believing in their dreams. We have reminded them they are loved and worthy of everything they can imagine and many things they can’t. We have helped people out of depression. And this morning I learned we have saved a life. In a […]

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Ad Campaign for Happiness and the Super Bowl both hit Phoenix This Week

  Wahooooo!!  We put up four billboards this week in Phoenix, the 6th largest city in the US and the location for this year’s Super Bowl, with the sole intention of spreading  joy, optimism and inspiration.  We’re essentially sending 1 Million Smiles 1,344 miles! On the heels of putting up 100 positive messages in the Portland, Oregon/ Vancouver, Washington area, we drew […]

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Welcoming Heather Strang to our Board

We are happy to announce the appointment of Heather Strang to our Board of Directors.  Heather was elected with a unanimous vote on January 14th and officially joins the board immediately. Heather Strang is a spiritual teacher, author, regular contributor for The Huffington Post, Master Success Coach, and Certified BodyTalk Practitioner. Her books include “The Quest: A Tale of Desire […]

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Kids Bring Thank Yous to PeaceHealth, Tour ER

Members of The Junior Joy Team and Hough Elementary Leadership Team delivered Happy Packets with hand-written notes of appreciation and candy to the entire staff of PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center’s Emergency Department on Saturday morning. The notes express thanks for all the care and healing the ER team provides everyday to people living in Vancouver, Washington. ER Nurse Donna Mairose […]

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100th positive message goes up in Portland!

What if you could change the world with one positive message? It’s commonly said that the way you change the world is one person at a time.  What if you could do it one positive message at a time?  The Joy Team launched an outdoor ad campaign for happiness in April 2010 and, with the support of local businesses, we’ve […]

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