Care For You Action Backpack Program

Family Strengthening Events

Operation Holiday Smiles

Project Birthday Joy

Smile Fest

Smile Starter: Help provide a birthday box filled with essentials for a foster child's special day. 
Guess what? You can make it a monthly donation and provide 12 children with birthday boxes!

Care Kit Champion: Equip a foster child with a backpack filled with toiletries, school supplies, and comforting items when entering a new home. 
Did you know? When you make it a monthly donation, you provide backpacks to 12 children!

Friend Sponsorship - Your 500 dollar donation will impact the lives of FIVE children for a whole year! Incredible! Birthday gifts. Care packages. Holiday Support. Community Events. Opportunities! Thank you for being a friend to our youth in need!

Supporter Sponsorship - Can you imagine? TEN children will be sponsored because of your thousand dollar donation! A gift that stretches far and wide! Children are experiencing birthdays, holidays, community events and more because of your support!

Champion Sponsorship - You get to be the champion of the story for TWENTY FIVE youth impacted by foster care! Wow! What an incredible experience! Because of your support, children locally are shown that they are important and matter!

Difference Maker Sponsorship - You are a difference mover and shaker for FIFTY children when you become a ten thousand dollar sponsor. You are helping each child feel like the special and important individual that they are! Truly amazing.

Life Impact Maker Sponsorship - You are changing lives! Your donation impacts the life of ONE HUNDRED children locally. You are influencing their future and giving them the opportunity to feel the love and connection of community!

Hip-hip-horaise! Join our team in fundraising and donate today to support the mission of Share My Smile and make a meaningful difference in the lives of foster and adopted children. Your help supports SMS programming and directly impacts more than 500 kids in our local communities!

FUN Raisers!

Help us make an impact and join us in our fundraising competition event supporting local foster kids. Every dollar we raise will make a difference in the lives of these children, providing them with the childhood they deserve. Together, we can make a difference one smile at a time!

Smile Squad

Joyful Journeys is a fundraising team dedicated to creating positive change in the lives of children and youth less fortunate. With a passionate team of organizers, we bring together a community of compassionate individuals who believe in the power of giving back. Through immersive experiences, inspiring stories, and engaging activities, Joyful Journeys raises funds to support children and youth, making a lasting impact in education, life skills, and community projects. Join us on this meaningful journey towards a better world.

While fundraising is fun and engaging, The main goal of Joyful Journeys is to raise funds to support children and youth in foster/adoptive homes. By bringing together a community of compassionate individuals, we strive to make a difference and contribute to a better world

Joyful Journeys

Fundraising Teams

There are 2,081 children in foster care in our service area alone. Two thousand eighty one! Your donation will directly support foster youth and families in Iowa and Nebraska and MAKE IT POSSIBLE for Share My Smile to reach and serve more children!

Your donation makes it possible for Jane and EVERY child in our program a birthday card and gift for their special day. You give children like Anna HOPE when they enter foster care with the love and comfort of a care bag they can call their own.

Christmas festivities and attending community events like baseball games and beach outings are commonplace experiences in American culture. You can HELP children like Jeremy and families like The Collins' to experience these opportunities, too!

Share My Smile

Because of donors and supporters like you...

 will receive a birthday card and gift in the mail for her birthday!



will receive a traditional Thanksgiving meal, take pictures with Santa, and receive Christmas gifts from his very own personalized wish list!

Youth entering foster care for the first time, like 

, will receive a backpack full of necessities and care items to call their own. 

will have access to dozens of free events throughout the year that encourage engagement, connection, and community; an invaluable support network for resource families!

Our Board of Directors is embarking on a new fundraising experience! Our crew of nine will divide into teams of three to compete to raise funds to support Share My Smile programming and operations!

Share My Smile has been a growing part of our community since we began in 2010. We serve as a supportive organization providing care programs and engagement activities for foster and adoptive families and children. We currently provide programming in 17 counties in Iowa and Douglas County in Nebraska and serve over 500 foster and adopted children and their families! 

Join our board's initiative and Spring into Giving today by donating to make a direct impact in the lives of more than 500 children locally! 