Jamie’s Smiles in Summary

Jameson Bates’ short 19 month life inspired his family to establish memorial and endowment funds to award at least two yearly grants to programs assisting children with special needs. The “Jamie’s Smiles Memorial Fund” and the “Jamie’s Smiles Endowment Fund” are the name of the tax deductible funds established through the IRS non-profit Shelby Community Foundation as his legacy. The original memorial fund was created in the spring of 2006 and in mid-2007 the endowment fund was finalized. As of July 2011, we have over $85,000 between our Memorial and Endowed funds and have given away over $50,700 in grants and donations to assist programs for children with special needs. It is our goal to have over $120,000 in endowed funds to make the Endowment Fund perpetual and permanent.

Jamie’s Smiles Mission

Jamie’s Smiles’ mission is to supply supplemental funding to outstanding programs that benefit special needs children, through grants and other financial means.

The Invitation

Please take a look around our web site.  We hope that you will find it informative about how Jamie’s Smiles came into existence, what we are doing in the community and how you can help!  Thank you for your interest!