World Smile Day

World Smile Day is celebrated annually on the first Friday of October.  A day dedicated to "good cheer and good works". The national celebration was initiated by commercial artist Harvey Ball. The catch phrase for the day is "Do an act of kindness - help one person smile". He is recognized for creating our beloved smiley face icon.  Where would we be without our smileys? An authentic Harvey Ball smiley face can always be identified by three distinguishing features: Narrow oval eyes, with the right one larger than the left, bright sunny yellow, and a slightly off center mouth, which has been attributed to being similar to a "Mona Lisa Mouth".^[

We wish you a happy day and encourage you to pass the good cheer to your neighbor.

Photo By Garchy - Photograph, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50566003