What are the qualifications of the Children's Chance board membership?
A majority of the Board of Directors must be a parent, survivor, sibling or other caregiver who has experienced interaction with a child diagnosed with pediatric cancer. 

Children's Chance also seeks interested community members to apply for board membership.

How do I become a member of Children's Chance board?
To be considered for board membership of the Children's Chance Board of Directors you must complete and submit a board member application to Children's Chance. The candidate must believe in the purpose and mission of Children's Chance. Candidates are notified in writing whether they are extended or not extended membership to the board.  To receive an application, please contact DeeAnn Jones.

When does Children's Chance meet?
Children's Chance Board of Directors meets every month on the third Tuesday in Columbia.  Those members that live outside of Columbia can travel to the meeting or a teleconference call can be arranged at no expense to the member.

Dates of Meetings for 2008:

Board Members
The following is a current listing of the Children's Chance Board of Directors.

To learn more about each member go to Meet our Board Member

Board of Directors Code of Ethics

As a member of the board I will:

1. Listen carefully to my teammates, and the SC families facing pediatric cancer.

2. Respect the opinions of my fellow board members.

3. Respect and support the majority decisions of the board.

4. Recognize that all authority is vested in the board when it meets in legal session and not in individual board members.

5. Keep well-informed of developments that are relevant to issues that may come before the board.

6. Participate actively in board meetings and actions.

7. Call to the attention of the board any issues I believe will have an adverse effect on the agency or SC families facing pediatric cancer.

8. Attempt to interpret the needs of SC families facing pediatric cancer to the agency and the action of the agency to the families Children’s Chance serve.

9. Refer families or staff complaints to the proper level on the chain of command.

10. Recognize that the board member's job is to ensure that the agency is well managed, not to manage the agency.

11. Vote to hire the best possible person to manage the agency.

12. Consider myself a "trustee" of the agency and do my best to ensure that the agency is well maintained, financially secure, growing, and always operating on the best interests of SC families facing pediatric cancer.

13. Always work to learn more about the board member's job and how to do the job better.

14. Declare any conflicts of interest between my personal life and my position on the agency board, and avoid voting on issues that appear to be a conflict of interest.

As a member of the board I will not:

1. 1.   Be critical, in or outside of the board meeting, of fellow board members or their opinions.

2. Use the agency or any part of the organization for my personal advantage or the personal advantage of my friends or relatives.

3. Discuss the confidential proceedings of the board outside the board meeting.

4. Interfere with the duties of the Executive Director or undermine the Executive Director’s authority.