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THE HAPPINESS RIDE | FAQ | LOGOS | PHOTOS | VIDEOS | THE TEAM | SOCIAL MEDIA | TAGS
The Happiness Ride
The Problem of Creating Happiness
Problem: Happiness is hard to define. It means different things to different people.
Our Solution: Through self-questioning and global sharing, we may begin to understand our own personal happiness drivers. We invite you to connect with us and engage with members of this community by sharing your personal happiness story. Once you know what makes you happy, you’re more likely to give yourself that gift. And in return, you’re able to share that gift with others and celebrate.
Problem: It’s a complex world. The media, friends, families, neighbors and even complete strangers influence our thoughts, behaviors and state of happiness – sometimes trapping us in negativity.
Our Solution: We’re connecting individuals from around the world who no longer want to take happiness for granted. The Ride enables the exchange of new stories in new ways in an open forum. So go ahead, make authentic connections with others and build your community. You’ll live a more authentic and fulfilled life through self-expression and by understanding what drives your own personal happiness.
Problem: We have the ultimate power to create and shape our happiness, but for one reason or another, we don’t always recognize or make it a priority.
Our Solution: Happiness shouldn’t be viewed as an end result, but rather the driving force of everything that we do. By actively choosing to put happiness first, we can self-select to participate in behaviors and activities that drive our own happiness and the happiness of others. Follow The Ride and get involved. Donate time, money or in-kind services. When you extend generosity, you always get more than you give.
What We Believe
We believe that the natural state of human beings is to be happy and by removing all real and imagined obstacles to happiness, it will arise on its own. Motivated by compassion in action, we believe that no one should be denied access to basic education, social services, or health care. We believe that communities can be lifted out of poverty, that change is possible, that people are valuable.
About Donations
Eighty percent of The Happiness Ride’s proceeds will benefit organizations that remove obstacles to happiness and provide healthcare, education and social services for under-served communities. Twenty percent of proceeds cover the costs of filmmaking and developing other intellectual property such as books and web content. For their excellence, this years chosen charity is Direct Relief now focusing on Louisiana.
About The Ride
The Happiness Ride, started in 2016, is creating a global happiness movement that transcends borders, age, culture, race, faith, religion, gender and sexual orientation. Founded by a few guys living the “American Dream” but still searching for true happiness, The Ride’s mission is to celebrate the spirit of what happiness is and how it’s experienced around the world. By using technology to spark a global dialogue centered on this universal topic, we can engage, share and inspire happiness through the following key channels:
- The Gallery: A curated global repository of happiness video uploads.
- The First Ride: A 2,400-mile journey through the United States. (2016)
- The Second Ride: A 2,400-mile journey through the Himalayas. (2017)
- The Movie: A documentary on the ride featuring every day people and leading happiness thought leaders.
To learn more about The Happiness Ride, visit www.thehappinessride.org, or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.
The Team
Visit our website to learn more about the Happiness Riders:
- David Baumgarten, Founder & Rider
- Eric Goldstein, Creative Director & Rider
FAQ
What is The Happiness Ride?
The Happiness Ride is creating a global happiness movement that transcends borders, age, culture, race, faith, religion, gender and sexual orientation. Founded by a few people living the “American dream,” the Happiness Ride’s mission is to celebrate the spirit of happiness as it is experienced around the world.
Who founded The Happiness Ride?
David Baumgarten founded The Happiness Ride in 2016. He’s the accomplished author of “100 Ways to Conserve,” a creative book on environmental awareness, gain his Post-graduate degree in Neuroscience in 2015 and serves as the executive vice president of Baumgartens Exclusive Imports. Co-rider and creative director, Eric Goldstein, is creative director at Skychief Media and EGD+, serving brands such as Google, NASA, GP, and Habitat for Humanity.
How can I get involved?
There’s no wrong way to follow The Ride! Upload your personal happiness video testimony to the online gallery or make a donation of time, money or in-kind services. We have already curated nearly 200 interviews of people in the U.S. sharing what happiness means to them.
How are donations utilized?
Eighty percent of The Happiness Ride’s proceeds will benefit organizations that provide healthcare, education and social services for under-served communities. Twenty percent of proceeds cover the costs of filmmaking and developing other intellectual property such as books and web content. For their performance excellence and their match to our purpose, we have chosen Direct Relief, a humanitarian aid organization with a mission to improve the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies, as the beneficiary of this years funding.
Direct Relief is currently focusing on emergency efforts to support people affected by the Louisiana floods. This non-profit has earned a consistent score of 100 and has received their top four-star rating by Charity Navigator.
How much money has The Happiness Ride raised to date?
To date, The Happiness Ride has raised more than $50,000 in cash and in-kind donations to kick-start the journey.
Where can I find more information?
Visit www.thehappinessride.org for more information.
Who can I contact to book interviews?
David Baumgarten
404-931- 7761 | david@thehappinessride.org
Eric Goldstein
404-668- 3458 | eric@thehappinessride.org
Logos
Although we have several logos for various applications, here are few of our most commonly used.
Photos
While we are on the ride, we’ll be posting more – but here are a few.
Videos
As you might know, we are building quite a healthy video archive inside our Happiness Gallery™. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be uploading more videos here as we travel 2200 miles from Atlanta to New York City and back.
The Team
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Social Media
Feel free to like, share, follow, hop, skip, jump, dance, smile, cry or sing.
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/thehappinessride
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/thehappinessride
INSTAGRAM: @happinessride
TWITTER: @happiness_ride
DAVID BAUMGARTEN: https://www.facebook.com/david.baumgarten
ERIC GOLDSTEIN: https://www.facebook.com/eric.goldstein.750
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