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For five years, Bert and John Jacobs drove up and down the East Coast, selling their t-shirt designs on the streets and in college dorms. They slept in their van, lived on PB&J, and showered when they could. The adventure was great, but sales were, uh, lacking. In 1994, with just $78 to their names, Bert and John designed their first “Life is Good” t-shirt to counter the negative news – and discovered how those three simple words could inspire people to focus on the good. It should have come as no surprise that the power of that one idea was just too strong to get wrong. After all, Bert and John’s mom, Joan Jacobs, had raised them to believe in the power of positivity. As a parent of six kids, raising the family on their dad’s slim salary, Joan still managed to make little moments magical. She didn't just tell bedtime stories. She unlocked her kids’ imaginations. In her tales, she became a wolf on a bicycle, or a princess in a flying submarine, or a dragon who breathes love instead of fire. In fact, our logo was inspired by Joan’s creative bedtime stories. It’s a symbol of her fierce love and a tribute to her playful imagination. We like to think of Joan Jacobs as the original “Playmaker,” a term we coined that describes those who help kids heal and thrive through the power of play. In Joan’s honor, more than 10% of Life is Good’s annual net profits are donated to the Life is Good Playmaker Project to help raise the next generation of optimists.

Happy Socks is for all of us who think that life can never be too colourful. And that true happiness stems from the freedom to be yourself. Our vision is to bring happiness to every corner of the world by inspiring authentic self-expression through color, creativity, and fun.

In the summer of 1985 the founders of Happy Feet Plus were meandering through a local flea market when they stumbled upon a small booth with something they had never seen before, sandals with little rubber nodules. The gentleman at the booth was so convincing that these Kenkoh Massage Sandals were the reason he was alive, they each bought a pair. Within a day the effects were so amazing they knew immediately that they had discovered something very special. They returned to the flea market bought the entire booth and Happy Feet Plus was born. Today Happy Feet Plus has multiple locations throughout the west coast of Florida, an online business and carries a variety of brands. Keeping true to the Health and Comfort benefits they experienced with those first Kenkohs, each brand is hand selected precisely for its Healthy benefits along with comfort. The co-founders insist each person that visits as Happy Feet Plus location, wears a Kenkoh Sandal while in the store and leaves feeling better than when they walked in. Happy Feet Plus employees are experts, each employee receives extensive ongoing training, not to mention most employees are seasoned veterans of the footwear industry. When you visit a Happy Feet Plus location, rest assured you are getting some of the most qualified expertise in the footwear industry, trained to help you find comfort and relief. The thought of healing without medicine, naturally, is so important to Happy Feet Plus that each location is equipped with the latest devices in technology that will scan your feet to help find and pinpoint exactly what your foot needs to support you. There is never a charge for the advanced digital foot scan and the benefit of a trained expert showing you exactly where your feet could use help the most. Stop in today and get relief!