Category — More Joy Spreaders

Carol McKeag and her billboard

Carol McKeag of Coaching for Life & Spirit believes YOU make a difference in this world.  She believes it so much she sponsored a billboard from The Joy Team to tell you.

Carol is a life coach, Living Your Vision coach and spiritual mentor. In addition to helping you see your own brilliance and find your center, she can unite you in marriage to the one you love.

Here’s Carol’s approach to life:

I am 100% committed to living my life joyfully, vibrantly, creatively and fully each and every day, contributing to the peace and spiritual growth of the planet.

You can see this billboard in Portland on N Interstate Ave, 50 feet north of Webster.  She also sponsored two other billboards in Portland: one on SE 82nd Ave, 100 ft north of Ogden St and another on SE Foster Rd, 150 feet west of 51st Ave.

Thank you, Carol, for spreading joy, optimism and inspiration!

Here are two guys who take spreading joy through compliments to the next level. Thank you, Compliment Guys, for spreading joy, optimism and inspiration!

Poster in the Volunteer Center window at Hough

Hough Elementary in Vancouver, Washington, has a poster from The Joy Team up in the window of their Volunteer Center, which faces the main lobby of the school.

A true community school, Hough is in the heart of downtown Vancouver and is one of the few schools to have its own foundation. The Hough Foundataion supports the children of Hough with a Family Services professional, music & food programs, clothing and more. 58% of Hough students are eligible for free or subsidized lunch.

Barbara Hammon, the Volunteer Coordinator, hung the You Make a Difference poster in the window after volunteer Kristin Shattuck brought it in and plans to give them out to school volunteers at the Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon next week.

Thank you Kristin, Barbara and Hough Elementary for making a difference and spreading some joy!

I spent a little time at the Farmers Insurance call center in Hillsboro, Oregon, and was amazed at how hard they work to keep their workplace a positive place.

Over the sea of cubicles (which is, let’s face it, not so joyous) float more than a hundred mylar balloons (very joyous).  There’s an on-site gift shop filled with cheerful items where employees can buy–nearly at cost–those balloons, paper sunflowers, painted pots, butterfly magnets and more.  And on the walls all around the building are huge motivational pictures, including these:

Si, se puede -- Yes, it can be done: Cesar Chavez

Kicked out of school for asking too many questions: Thomas Edison

Started with $750 and won 32 Oscars: Walt Disney

He failed to get a job at a university: Albert Einstein

Was told he would never make a living playing guitar: John Lennon

A single mother on welfare: J.K. Rowling

Didn't make the high school basketball team: Michael Jordan

Lost hearing and vision at age 18 months: Helen Keller

She sat in the front of a bus: Rosa Parks

If Walt Disney can start with $750 and go on to create a magical empire,  and a guy who couldn’t make his high school basketball team can lead 6 world championships, and a single mother on welfare can write the Harry Potter series, and…then anything’s possible, right?

Si, se puede.

That’s a pretty great attitude to surround your employees with.

Thank you, Farmers Insurance, for spreading joy, inspiration and optimism at work!

Spread Joy on YouTube

Mel Minarik from Reno, Nevada, posted the link to this great video on YouTube on The Joy Team’s Facebook page last week.

It shares a great message about turning off the noise and choosing joy instead. The song is pretty catchy; watch the video and pretty soon you’ll be finding yourself singing, “Spread joy, spread it around–all around the town.”

Thanks, Mel, for passing this along!

Know of other videos, songs, movies, books, websites, and/or organizations  spreading joy? Let us know!