Share My Smile

Share My Smile is a non-profit organization supporting foster and adoptive families by providing family strengthening events and care programs to encourage true, honest, and happy smiles in children.

Share My Smile has been a growing part of our community since its inception in 2010. We were founded to serve as a supportive organization for foster and adoptive families and children for Southwest Iowa. We currently serve 17 counties in Iowa and Douglas County in Nebraska. We serve over 500 foster and adopted children and their families. Learn more about us at https://www.sharemysmile.org

Join Share My Smile's Board of Directors and make a difference in the lives of foster and adoptive children in our community today!

BOARD MEMBER JOB DESCRIPTION

The Board of Directors of Share My Smile (SMS), in active collaboration and partnership with the Executive Director, shall frame the issues and think creatively of opportunities and challenges to be met for SMS to be an exemplary nonprofit support organization.

The legal duties and responsibilities of the Board Members are generally outlined in the SMS Bylaws and Iowa Governor’s Nonprofit Task Force’s Guidebook for Iowa Charitable Nonprofit Organizations, (2011). Each Board Member should be conversant, and compliant, with the Handbook and their contents.

Most fundamentally, each Director has a duty of loyalty and a "duty of care". The provisions listed below are not limited to these following key responsibilities and actions required to meet those legal and ethical duties, and effectively govern the organization.

Board Terms

SMS Board Members will serve a minimum of a three-year term and may be eligible for re-appointment. Board meetings are held once a month for one hour virtually every third Tuesday of the month at noon and quarterly in person for two hours as set and scheduled by the Board ahead of each quarter. Participation in at least one board committee is encouraged. Current committees: Finance, Mission Victory, Leadership. Attendance at a minimum of two program events/activities expected per year.

Share My Smile’s Board of Directors work to improve, promote, and maximize organizational growth and development. Directors will assist with fundraising each year through personal gifts as well as through relationship development with potential donors. In addition, Directors play an important role in extending Share My Smile’s connections by assisting with welcoming participants of programs and events.