Help Services 2014 Board Candidates

I have served on the Help Services Board for three years and have volunteered for this organization for over four years. Having celebrated its 40th anniversary this year, Help Services continues to provide the assistance that has meant so much in the past. We will continue to do what is best for our communities through current and updated services that are deemed necessary. I will appreciate your vote so that I can continue serving you.

I have lived in Dreamland Villa for 18 years. I have served on the Dreamland Villa Community Club Board for three years. I also supervised the Pancake Breakfast for several years. I have been a Monitor at Help Services for three years and enjoy helping our senior neighbors in Dreamland Villa and Velda Rose Estates. I look forward to now serve on the Help Services Board.

I was born in Florida and joined the USAF after high school where I became a communication specialist and where I met and married my first husband. We eventually settled in the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead Minnesota area where we raised our family. I lost my oldest son in 1986 and my husband in 1989. In 1993 I married Jim Nosal. We came to Arizona for our honeymoon and fell in love with the state and Dreamland Villa. We moved to Arizona permanently in 1995 and have lived in our home in Dreamland Villa since October 1996. My occupations after the USAF were owner/operator of a small town bar, assistant librarian for the Fargo Forum newspaper and certified medical assistant from which I retired in 2009; although I did do seasonal flu shot clinics for three years after retirement.

My volunteer jobs have been with the Arizona Chapter of American Association of Medical Assistants, All Saints Catholic Church and Dreamland Villa Community Club membership and elections. Over the years I have found that God, a sense of humor and patience are the key to overcoming adversity and enrich life.

Help Services was an aid to me when a friend of mine became ill and had to stay in our home for a while. Now, if you choose me for the Help Services Board, it will be an honor to pay it forward.

I have been a resident of Velda Rose Estates for the past twenty years.  Prior to moving to Mesa, I was a native of Seattle, Washington, and had been an employee of The Boeing Company.

I have been a volunteer at Help Services since approximately 1997.  First I was a Monitor and then I was elected to the board in 1999.  I am still a Monitor and I have been the Secretary for the Board since my election.

I enjoy my involvement with Help Services as I feel it is a special organization for our communities.  We are so fortunate to be able to have the use of all the wonderful equipment that is available.  I have also met some very nice people who also volunteer at Help Services.

Therefore, I am seeking another term while I am still able to handle the duties of being Secretary.

I have lived in Velda Rose Estates just over 8 years and have been volunteering at Help Services for over 3 years. I am on the Board of Directors in Velda Rose. For the last 9 months, I have been in charge of scheduling our volunteers to work at Help Services and helped with the 40th anniversary open house. I have been a desk monitor and in a pinch I have been a warehouse monitor. I have learned a lot in my time volunteering at Help Service and have met many wonderful people. I feel I would be very helpful to Help Services and would appreciate your vote.

I have worked with Help Services as a monitor for seven years and served on the Board of Directors for two terms of three years each. Having lived in Dreamland Villa since 1990, I have volunteered in other areas of the Villa for several years. I enjoy dealing with old friends as well as with newcomers to both Dreamland Villa and Velda Rose Estates. Help Services is such a worthwhile organization, I would like to continue to contribute in any way that I can to make it even better. I am again running for another term on the Board of Directors of Help Services and would like your vote.