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 […]
2012 has been an amazing year for The Joy Team. In January we started The Junior Joy Team to help children ages 5-12 to discover the warmth of spreading joy and building community. With hand-drawn notes of appreciation in Happy Packets the kids assembled themselves, The Junior Joy Team started by spreading joy to Vancouver City Hall. After partnering with […]
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 […]
We’re going to Hough Elementary (go Hough Hawks!) today for our very first JOY Assembly, and we are super excited! Nearly 300 students will learn why joy matters, hear from The Junior Joy Team members who go to school there, and learn more about the second recipients of our Happy Packets: The Vancouver Police Department. Officer Tina Smith will talk to […]
The very first Junior Joy Team project went so well that the heart of the city was swelling with joy. The kids had so much fun sharing smiles that Junior Joy Team member, Carter Jacob asked before walking out the door of City Hall, “Can we do this again tomorrow?” And as for the folks at City Hall, did it […]
The Junior Joy Team will be planting our first seeds of joy in the heart of our hometown: Vancouver USA’s City Hall. We picked February 13th, the first day of Random Acts of Kindness Week, to do our very first Junior Joy Team project. The inaugural group of 10 Junior Joy Team kids, ranging in age from 6 to 11, will […]
In late March of 2011 the Wall Street Journal released a study finding Portland, Oregon, to be the the 2nd most miserable city in the U.S. The Joy Team founder and Chief Joy Officer, Michele M. Larsen, has found much evidence to the contrary. In fact, looking at photos taken in recent years for her blogs, ISpyJoy.com and LicensePlateWisdom.com as […]
Wondering what to do for your holiday greeting card this year? We’ve got you covered! Join us on Sunday, November 21st from noon to 3 pm in the Hula Boy parking lot (12th and Washington) in Vancouver for the Holiday JOY Photo Shoot. The fabulous photog Kate Singh of Aevum Images will take a photo of YOU (free!) in front […]
The Vancouver billboard Love Your Life (brought to you by Ronnie Noize of SoHo Marketing Institute) is back up! Thank you Clear Channel and Ronnie Noize for spreading joy in Vancouver!!!
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 […]
