Kids and families
Age-appropriate ways to learn, connect and do good, with adult involvement and safeguards.
Explore the possibilitiesAmerica Smiles
Do something good today.
Human help, matched. We help kids, seniors, and disadvantaged schools and communities.
An idea with heart.
A mission for everyone.
A mission for everyone.
What we do
More kindness. More connection.
More ways to belong.
America Smiles exists to help address loneliness by creating more opportunities for kindness and real human connection.
Through programs, services and shared experiences, we invite individuals, families, schools and communities to participate—with particular care for people who might otherwise be left out.
The person comes firstKindness in your life.
Kindness in your life.
Connection in your community.
More kindness, joy, wellbeing and happiness in everyday life.
America Smiles brings its charitable mission to people and communities. Kindness Grid builds the technology, including Kindness Companion. Asking for help, offering something and doing good together are ways to take part.
Explore Kindness Companion through Kindness GridThere is room for you hereWays to make
Ways to make
life a little better.
Find a starting point that fits your life or community. Participation, eligibility and availability depend on the program.
Schools
Bring kindness, empathy and positive participation into K–12 school communities.
Explore the possibilitiesSeniors
Share experiences, contribute and connect through everyday moments.
Explore the possibilitiesCommunities
Bring neighbors, families and local groups together around a good purpose.
Explore the possibilitiesOut in the communityReal places.
Real places.
Human moments.
Photographs and accounts from community events.
Westport Dog Festival
Kindness, out in the community.
Read the community story
June 27, 2026Rotary Great Duck Race
A shared day. A reason to stop and talk.
Read the community story
May 1, 2026Westport Country Playhouse
An invitation to connect after a story about loneliness.
Read the community storyAccess matters
Working toward a world where nobody is left behind.
America Smiles helps eligible individuals and communities access participating programs and services at no cost where available, including through sponsored access. Availability and eligibility vary by program.
Understand access & eligibilityA place to begin
Five ways to do good.
Start on your own, connect with someone, or bring people together. There is more than one way to make life better.
Notice one small thing you can do, and make a start.
Our storyA small idea.
A small idea.
A very human purpose.
At 11, Lisette and Leonie created Westport Smiles to encourage kindness and real-world connection. They went on to found America Smiles to bring that mission to more people and communities.
The idea was simple: let technology help spark an act of kindness—then put the phone away and make the connection in real life.
Meet the founders & discover the storyYour ideas belong, tooBring your kindness
Bring your kindness
idea to life.
A shared activity. A local need. A reason to bring people together.
You don't need to start an organization to start doing good. Bring your idea and the people who share it. America Smiles wants to help you turn that idea into something real, with ways to organize, work together and manage the resources that make it possible.
Kindness Guild
Bring people together. Start or join a group around a shared purpose. Organize people, coordinate activities and build something that can continue making a difference in your community.
Kindness Finance
Support the work behind the good. Designed to help groups and charitable programs manage contributions, expenses and fund accounting. A planned fiscal-sponsorship model could also provide a nonprofit home for qualifying charitable activities.
Stories of possibilitySee what a good idea
See what a good idea
can become.
Three stories about the possibilities of kindness and connection.
3:07Plan one good thing
Follow Maya as she turns an idea into a plan, a budget and a next step.
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Follow Maya as she turns an idea into a plan, a budget and a next step.
Synopsis, not a transcript. Film 1 · Maya · 3:07.
1:54What My Story Means
A young author tries two endings, revises her story and records it in her own voice.
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A young author tries two endings, revises her story and records it in her own voice.
Synopsis, not a transcript. Film 2 · Story · 1:54.
2:14Make Something We Can All Play
Young and older players try arrangements, listen to each other and choose another rehearsal.
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Young and older players try arrangements, listen to each other and choose another rehearsal.
Synopsis, not a transcript. Film 3 · Music · 2:14.
Where the idea began
See an Object, Spark a Connection!
Meet Professor Juju
A familiar, friendly face.
Explore Professor Juju through the original official material.
Meet Professor JujuOne good thing can begin todayA place to ask.
A place to ask.
A way to offer.
You can welcome help, offer what you genuinely have, or do both. Receiving help does not create an obligation to contribute.
Small acts.Human connection.