Smile Stories: The Movement is a Northport, NY-based social good initiative created to unite humans through something simple—a smile. What started as a passion project has grown into a worldwide movement built on random acts of kindness, uplifting pop-up events, smile walls, school visits, and empowering community initiatives.

Our mission is to spread smiles & kindness like confetti, inspire others to do the same, and encourage everyone to look for the good in the world.

🍫 British researchers found that one smile can generate the same level of brain stimulation as up to 2,000 bars of chocolate

💸 The same researchers found that smiling is as stimulating as receiving up to $20,000 in cash

🧠 Smiling activates your brain’s reward center, releasing feel-good hormones like endorphins while reducing stress-related chemicals like adrenaline and cortisol

😄 Kids smile about 400x/day while adults smile only about 20x/day (come on adults—we need to smile more!)