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 […]
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 […]
A while back, Joe, the wonderful man who teaches Building Construction at St. Helen’s High School in Oregon, asked us for some old billboards. He thought it would brighten up the building he teaches in and give the kids some positive messging at the same time. We couldn’t agree more. Here’s one of our messages, originally supported by Heather […]
This board is special. A whole slew of people came together for this. Basically an entire high school graduating class. They put this up in loving memory of a classmate who recently passed. He would have loved this, they said. Although the high school is in Estacada, OR, the billboard is in Tucson, AZ, because that was the closest #SmileAcrossAmerica […]
Kim’s Taekwon-do helps people work toward personal transformation every day through the martial art they teach. And now they’re also doing it through a powerful message on a billboard. The big yellow board simply says, “Believe in yourself”. It’s one of the inspiring billboards put up every month by local positive thought organization, The Joy Team, and can be found […]
May is National Smile Month! We’re celebrating with this billboard on SE Grand and Morrison in Portland, Oregon. We have just one agenda here: giving people one more reason to smile. This message is hand-drawn by Ava, an original member of the Junior Joy Team and master joy-spreader. While this billboard marks the last in our series with Awesome Portland, […]
The Joy Team needs 1,300 jars (18 oz and plastic only) of peanut butter. And we’re going to need them every month, September through June. Here’s why. 25.4% of kids in Clark County live in food insecurity. Which is higher than the national average of 21.6% of kids, according to Feeding America. Through a new program launching this month called […]
The Sidewalk Chalk Project is doing some amazingly beautiful joy spreading! Every day for over a year this woman has chalked a positive message in hopes of giving others a lift, a smile, some hope. I found this video on their Facebook page. I might just watch it every morning. Starting the day with all these positive messages could do wonders. […]
Chalk the Walks 2012 is coming right up! Join us on Tuesday, August 21st in this international event of spreading joy, optimism and inspiration through the magical power of positive messages and sidewalk chalk. Here’s how you do it: Join the Facebook event: Chalk the Walks 2012! Chalk where ever you are (check with your city, but typically chalking is […]
February 2018 marks 8 years of spreading joy, optimism and inspiration for The Joy Team. In that time, we've put up 1,500 positive messages on billboards, bus shelters, buildings, and schools. That equates to 375 million smiles. Other happy projects include the international Chalk the Walks, which happens the 3rd Tuesday of August every year. Learn more about The Joy Team and how you can use positive messages to make the world a happier place at TheJoyTeam.org. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter at @thejoyteam and on Instagram at @the.joy.team Special thanks to Clear Channel Outdoor, Pacific Outdoor, Adams Outdoor, JCDecaux North America, Lamar and all our amazing donors who make these smiles possible.
