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 […]

  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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Research shows happiness leads to success in nearly every domain of our lives; including marriage, health, friendship, community involvement, creativity and, in particular, our jobs, careers and businesses.  Portland-based author Heather Strang lives this truth and has a mission to inspire and support people to be, do and have everything their hearts truly desire.  She does this internationally, one on […]

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, […]

  Join our Random Words of Kindness Parade! The Junior Joy Team, Hough Elementary’s Leadership Team, all their students and YOU are invited to join us Thursday, December 20th. Random words of kindness and joy drawn by the kids of Hough Elementary and The Junior Joy Team will be hung on trees down Main Street and in Esther Short Park […]

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 […]

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 […]