Join us for a full day of music, community, and SMILES!!!
There will be musical performances, inspirational segments by our KEYS families, comedy skits, ginormous check presentations, special guest cameos, and lots and LOTS of smiles. You can tune in LIVE on KEYS YouTube or Facebook!
KEYS Smile-a-Thon
Friday, Sept 18th, 2026 from 9am to 7pm EST
At the KEYS Studios, 181 Kenwood Ave, 1st Floor, Oneida, NY 13421
Live-streamed all day to more than 74,000 viewers on
KEYS YouTube page: www.youtube.com/@thekeysprogram
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/KEYSProgram
• All are welcome to join us from 11am to 2pm for a light lunch, tour of the studios in action & check
presentations while the Mohawk Valley Bluegrass Band performs on Sept 18th.
The event is being held in conjunction with the Community Foundation’s annual Mohawk Valley Gives
Day, a special day of giving, bringing the community together to raise funds for local nonprofits like the
KEYS Program. Our partner in smiles, the UpMobility Foundation, has generously awarded KEYS a
matching grant so every donation for this event will be matched up to $15,000. How cool is that?!
Now, all we need is YOU! Here are some ways you can get involved:
• Make a Donation of any size to the KEYS fundraising page at:
https://www.givemv.org/organizations/keys on Mohawk Valley Gives/Smile-a-Thon Day 9/18!
• Create a Team: Get your friends, family, school, workplace, church or group involved by
creating an online fundraising team of your own in support of KEYS
https://www.givemv.org/organizations/keys ! The team that raises the most $$ gets a pizza
part!
• Sponsor: Get your business or workplace involved by becoming a sponsor! (sponsor info and
benefits attached) Shout outs and check presentations for all sponsors during the Smile-a-Thon!
• Media Sponsor: Help us spread the word by covering the Smile-a-Thon event in your
newspaper, tv, radio or podcast/social media.
• Musicians: Perform for us during the Smile-a-Thon. Spots limited so email Michele today!
All of our donors, of all sizes, get to have a mention and check presentation at the Smile-a-Thon that is
streamed to over 74,000 YouTube and Facebook viewers locally and across the US! (Great coverage for
your good works! )
The deadline to sign-up to get involved is Sept 1st! Contact our Fundraising and Event Coordinator,
Michele, at michele@thekeysprogram.org or myself, Colleen Bennett, KEYS Program Director/Founder
at colleen@thekeysprogram.org or call 315-363-6446 to let us know how you would like to get involved in
creating smiles this year!
After all---it’s all about the smiles!
