Board of Directors Member

Loving Food Resources is a food pantry located in Asheville, North Carolina, that specializes in performing its work for special populations in the surrounding counties. The mission of Loving Food Resources is to provide food, personal care items to those living with HIV/AIDS, anyone in home Hospice Care regardless of diagnosis and members of the LGBTQIA2+ community facing food insecurity.

https://www.lovingfood.org/about/

We are seeking community members to serve on our Board of Directors to help guide our organization.

The Board's responsibilities as a group include:

• Determining the organizations’ mission and purpose
• Ensure effective organizational planning
• Ensure adequate sourcing and and management of resources to achieve the organization’s mission and goals
• Determine and monitor the organization’s programs and services
• Enhance the organization’s public image
• Serving as a court of appeals
• Assessing its own performance

Individual Board Member's responsibilities include:

• Attend all monthly Board Meetings
• Serve on at least one committee
• Make a personal financial contribution to the organization. The amount is not important, but the fact that each Board member gives is essential.
• Actively recruit members and supporters to the organization and reinforce the value of participation for current members and supporters.
• Represent the organization whenever possible to your constituencies and in your community, and represent the organization in more formal ways when requested.
• Help with fundraising by assisting with contacts with foundations, corporations, and individual donors for monetary and actual items to be used for fundraising.