The HAPPY Organization Inc

At the HAPPY Org., we believe in our mission and take our values seriously. They serve as a basis for everything we do and define our organizations’ culture – a culture characterized by an extraordinary sense of purpose and youth leadership.

Our Work

The HAPPY Organization inspires generations of healthy, active, positive, purposeful youth by giving them direct and positive experiences with healthy food, nutrition education, fun physical activities, and social and emotional activities.

Our Mission

We engage, educate, and inspire youth to embrace healthy habits, and transform their lives by providing vital nutrition education, cooking, social, and emotional programs.

Our Goals

Develop and implement creative programs, projects and special events that raise awareness, engage, educate and inspire kids everywhere to embrace healthy habits.

Empower youth to become active change agents helping to inspire and motivate their family, friends, and larger community to embrace healthy habits.

Work to support elementary students in receiving and engaging in proper basic nutrition education, fun physical activity, and opportunities to serve their community.

Facilitate partnerships and collaboration opportunities with organizations with the same mission to improve the health and well-being of youth and families everywhere. 




HAPPY Teen Leadership

Founder and executive director, 15 year old, Haile Thomas, heads the HAPPY Organization.  Haile started the organization when she was 12 years old, and now brings over 5 years experience engaging, educating, and inspiring youth and families to embrace healthy habits. Haile's experience in the healthy cooking and  eating movement includes giving speeches at major health and wellness events across the country, and personally engaging over 5000 kids in schools, summer camps, community events, and through HAPPY programs and special events!


Our Target Audience

The HAPPY Organization generally targets youth in grades 2-5, using engaging lesson plans, hands-on cooking activities, and fun physical activities to help educate, raise awareness, and affect healthy behavior changes.  We believe that effective learning and lasting healthy behavior change comes from giving kids first hand experience with preparing health foods, as well as access to basic nutrition education, and opportunities to engage in fun physical, social, and emotional activities.