Share Foundation

“The share board receives the 990 with their board packet to review prior to filing. At the meeting they are afforded a question/answer time with the preparer.”

“The organization has a disclosure form that the board members sign annually which states that they have read and understood the conflict of interest policy and that they agree to comply with stated policy. Any new board members receive the policy and sign the disclosure as part of the board member orientation.”

“With respect to employment, compensation and benefits to employees, consultants, contract workers and volunteers, the board and the president/coo shall operate share foundation in a manner which is legal, ethical, nondiscriminatory and protects share's public image, fiscal integrity and tax-exempt status. A "disqualified person" is defined as anyone in a position to exercise substantial influence over share foundation. The board of directors of share foundation shall conduct an annual analysis of the reasonableness of the compensation and benefits for the president/coo and any other "disqualified person" based on comparability data, to the extent that such comparability data is available. In no instance shall excess benefits (value of compensation in excess of market value of services or in excess of the benefit provided to share) be given to a "disqualified person". Full board approval of the compensation for the president/coo and any other "disqualified person" is required and shall be documented in the minutes of the meeting in which approval occurred. The irs rebuttable presumption checklist will be completed on each "disqualified person" outlining the documentation of the process used by the board to review and determine the reasonableness of the compensation approved. The rebuttable presumption checklist will be reviewed and approved by the board and included in the minutes of the meeting in which it was approved. Compensation and benefits shall be flexible enough to attract and retain employees who are best able to assist share in achieving its mission, including the ability to attract a diverse workforce and provide opportunities for professional growth. Only the board of directors can change the president/coo's compensation and benefits. The president/coo shall not incur any compensation or benefit obligations over a longer term than revenues can safely be projected, in no event longer than one year, and in all events subject to losses of revenue.”

“All documents are maintained at the office located at 403 west oak, suite 100, el dorado, ar 71730. Any persons interested may review them at the office or copies are provided if requested.”

“This process has not changed from the prior year.”

“Significant activities statement of program service activities mission to identify, develop and foster programs and services that further the health and well being of the people of our community and surrounding areas. Vision and values the vision of share is to build a healthier community. The values of share are depth of commitment, quality of service, and devotion to excellence. Share will accomplish its mission and realize its vision by: 1. Contributing to the well being of families in crisis by ministering through life touch hospice to individuals and their families with life limiting conditions; 2. Promoting health and wellness through healthworks fitness center; 3. Increasing access to primary health and dental care, prescription medication assistance and health education through interfaith clinic; 4. Reducing the risk of drug use among our young people through the prevention efforts of pride youth programs; 5. Providing spiritual care to patients, families, staff and volunteers of medical center of south arkansas through chaplaincy services; 6. Awarding grants to other non-profit organizations whose programs serve to further the health and well being of the people of our community and surrounding areas; 7. Providing scholarship assistance for health related and public education careers; and 8. Considering new initiatives consistent with the mission and vision that are designed to adress unmet needs. The two core strategic objectives of every program and service provided by share are: 1. To be the employer of choice in our community as we implement strategies designed to recruit and retain a-players, recognizing that our employees are our greatest assets; and 2. To maintain a culture of quality and excellence both internally and externally. Life touch hospice life touch hospice provides an interdisciplinary team approach to the care of families with life limiting illnesses. Life touch hospice provided over $20,000 in charitable care to patients and families in 2015 and cared for 543 patients and families within the south arkansas service area of bradley, calhoun, columbia, ouachita and union counties and in the john r. Williamson hospice house. Over 60% of our patients do not have a diagnosis of cancer. Currently, the most common life-limiting illnesses of life touch patients (other than cancer) are: alzheimer's/dementia, stroke, congestive heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Staff logged over 56,000 direct patient care service hours. There were approximately 100 trained volunteers in 2015. These volunteers completed over 4,613 hours volunteering and drove 14,753 miles in doing so. Each month the bereavement program offered support to an average of 490 individuals following the death of their loved ones. Memorial services are coordinated by our bereavement program to offer a time of remembrance for patients' families. Life touch remains an active participant in the national hospice and palliative care association's we honor veterans program. At this time, we have achieved level 3 stars. Our program is named operation appreciation and strives to honor veterans in the communities we serve. We facilitate pinning ceremonies to honor our patients throughout the year and host numerous ceremonies within the communities that we serve to honor all veterans. Each february, we host a ladies evening that serves as a special night out for women that have suffered the loss of a loved one. On this night, there is a nice meal, special entertainment, and fellowship for those in attendance. We also coordinated our second children's grief camp, life bridge camp during the spring of 2015. In 2015, we participated in 105 community education events interacting with 5,409 individuals. Chaplaincy services chaplaincy services provides spiritual care, emotional support and crisis ministry to medical center of south arkansas patients, their families and mcsa employees. For 2015 chaplaincy services averaged 226 inpatient visit”

“Pride youth programs pride youth programs is a component of the prevention impact of share foundation because drug use is one of the leading causes of death for youth in our country. Pride provides age appropriate programs designed to educate and motivate youth and families in the development of healthy drug free lifestyles. Pride youth programs hosted four champs (champs have and model positive peer skills) trainings for all 4th grade students in the el dorado school district, and two champs trainings for 5th and 6th grade students in the smackover-norphlet, and hampton school districts. Pride youth programs hosted two r.e.a.l. (responsible educated adolescent leaders) trainings, one training for union county 5th - 6th grade students and the other training for union county 7th - 8th grade students. Twenty-five 8th grade members of barton pride paw power attended the excel outdoor challenge course at the arkansas 4-h center in little rock. Pride provided the "too good for drugs" curriculum for grades k-12 that is taught in all union and calhoun county schools. In 2015 twenty-one union county pride students were selected to the 35-member 2016 arkansas state pride performance team and utilized music and drama to promote no use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs. Selected to the team were three students from parkers chapel high school, one student from smackover high school and seventeen students from el dorado high school . Six union county pride members were selected for the 2016 national pride team. El dorado's pride was honored as the 2010 national pride team of the year by the arkansas office of pride youth programs, the pride staff hosted the 2016 arkansas pride conference at the hot springs convention center with approximately 300 youth and adults in attendance. Ten union county pride students attended the national pride conference. Healthworks fitness center healthworks fitness center is a wellness center venture structured to impact adverse health outcomes that are preventable. The local ywca shared the vision of improving health and well being for our community and donated its fitness facility in june of 2002. After extensive renovations and expansions, healthworks fitness center has 4595 active members with 2,159,459 visits between june of 2002 and june 2016. Our assistance program, which is now being implemented in several other facilities nationwide, is up to 309 memberships. Individuals with a medical need and who meet income eligibility criteria are given memberships to healthworks at no cost to them. Because of this over 500 local residents make use of the facilities at hfc. This program is fully funded by share and translates to over $200,000 annually back to the community. The most mature member is 93. We have active members from over 154 different zip codes. Over 90% of all physician offices in this region have referred a patient into our clinical or assistance programs. The hfc internship program is a long comprehensive study that prepares the student for many aspects of share foundation. Our vision is to build a healthier community.”