BrightStart at Make ‘m Smile 2025

Great weather and lots of smiles kept the BrightStart crew busy at the 2025 Make ‘m Smile event on Saturday May 3rd.

Nathaniel’s Hope sponsors this annual event that has grown to take over Lake Eola for the first Saturday in May. With an estimated 40,000 attendees, it’s great to see how many of our BrightStart friends found us!

*Making ‘em smile – mission accomplished!*

*Gallery Essentials: The photographer finds a photographer.*

Busy day? Well, just a bit. BrightStart staff & families were on hand to give out stickers and socialize, while our trio of face painters had a steady workflow for the entire event. We were so happy to welcome back Claudia and Yazmin, as well as our new addition this year Ianna.

Thanks to our face painters and our extended BrightStart crew that helped out in our area! And special thanks to all of our BrightStart families and friends who came by to chat.

Did we see you? Have a glance through our photo gallery and find out.