Each year the Smiles Day Committee picks a unique theme that represents a current event, historical event or just something that will make you smile!
Some past Smiles Day themes have been:
1988 - HAPPINESS IS...
1989 - THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW
1990 - "90", YEAR OF THE EARTH
1991 - FREEDOM IS...
1992 - SMILE, CELEBRATE AMERICA
1993 - ROADS TO THE FUTURE
1994 - 75 YEARS OF SMILES
1995 - MOVIE CLASSICS, A CRUISE DOWN MEMORY LANE
1996 - A DAY TO REMEMBER
1997 - THE HAPPY DAYS
(CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF HOMECOMING SMILES)
1998 - WE'VE COME ALONG WAY & WE'RE STILL SMILING.
(IN 1919 SCHUYLER AGAINST THE WORLD, IN 1998 SCHUYLER WITH THE WORLD)
1999 - I LOVE RUSHVILLE BECAUSE...
2000 - SCHUYLER COUNTY, A WORK IN PROGRESS
2001 - SMILES DAY... WHERE NEIGHBORS MEET
2002 - PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN
2003 - THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME
2004 - REMEMBERING A DAY OF SMILES
2005 - EVERYBODY HAS A SMILE
2006 - NAME YOUR GAME
2007 - REAL LIFE, REAL PEOPLE, REAL SMILES
2008 - YOU CAN'T HELP BUT SMILE WHEN...
2009 - 90 YEARS AND STILL SMILING
2010 - DECADES OF SMILES
2011 - SONGS THAT MAKE US SMILE
In 2011, Smiles Day started the annual Fall Alumni at Scripps Park to make class reunions easier to plan, more fun and less expensive.
2012 - PAY OUR VOLUNTEERS WITH SMILES
2013 - LOCAL TALENT MAKES YOU SMILE
2014 - 95 YEARS- THE TRADITION CONTINUES
2015 - WELCOME HOME VIETNAM ERA VETERANS
2016 - SMILING WITH GRATITUDE
2017 - 1917: SCHUYLER COUNTY'S ROAD TO BATTLE
2018 - CHANGING THE WORLD
2019 - SCHUYLER'S 100TH CELEBRATION OF SMILES (100 years since the first Smiles Day)
2020 - NOTHING SAYS HOPE LIKE A SMILE (Event cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
2021 - HOPE IS... A SMILE
2022 - HOMETOWN PROUD
2023 - 100 YEARS OF SCRIPPS PARK SMILES
2024 - UNITED WE SMILE
2025 - CHEERS TO 200 YEARS OF SCHUYLER COUNTY SMILES (Schuyler County's Bicentennial)
2026 -
1988 - HAPPINESS IS...
1989 - THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW
1990 - "90", YEAR OF THE EARTH
1991 - FREEDOM IS...
1992 - SMILE, CELEBRATE AMERICA
1993 - ROADS TO THE FUTURE
1994 - 75 YEARS OF SMILES
1995 - MOVIE CLASSICS, A CRUISE DOWN MEMORY LANE
1996 - A DAY TO REMEMBER
1997 - THE HAPPY DAYS
(CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF HOMECOMING SMILES)
1998 - WE'VE COME ALONG WAY & WE'RE STILL SMILING.
(IN 1919 SCHUYLER AGAINST THE WORLD, IN 1998 SCHUYLER WITH THE WORLD)
1999 - I LOVE RUSHVILLE BECAUSE...
2000 - SCHUYLER COUNTY, A WORK IN PROGRESS
2001 - SMILES DAY... WHERE NEIGHBORS MEET
2002 - PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN
2003 - THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME
2004 - REMEMBERING A DAY OF SMILES
2005 - EVERYBODY HAS A SMILE
2006 - NAME YOUR GAME
2007 - REAL LIFE, REAL PEOPLE, REAL SMILES
2008 - YOU CAN'T HELP BUT SMILE WHEN...
2009 - 90 YEARS AND STILL SMILING
2010 - DECADES OF SMILES
2011 - SONGS THAT MAKE US SMILE
In 2011, Smiles Day started the annual Fall Alumni at Scripps Park to make class reunions easier to plan, more fun and less expensive.
2012 - PAY OUR VOLUNTEERS WITH SMILES
2013 - LOCAL TALENT MAKES YOU SMILE
2014 - 95 YEARS- THE TRADITION CONTINUES
2015 - WELCOME HOME VIETNAM ERA VETERANS
2016 - SMILING WITH GRATITUDE
2017 - 1917: SCHUYLER COUNTY'S ROAD TO BATTLE
2018 - CHANGING THE WORLD
2019 - SCHUYLER'S 100TH CELEBRATION OF SMILES (100 years since the first Smiles Day)
2020 - NOTHING SAYS HOPE LIKE A SMILE (Event cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
2021 - HOPE IS... A SMILE
2022 - HOMETOWN PROUD
2023 - 100 YEARS OF SCRIPPS PARK SMILES
2024 - UNITED WE SMILE
2025 - CHEERS TO 200 YEARS OF SCHUYLER COUNTY SMILES (Schuyler County's Bicentennial)
2026 -