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Frequently Asked Questions

January 2010

Chapter Presidents and DMALs:

Admins in Need

Since its inception, The Trust’s mission has been simple: to assist elderly and needy administrative professionals.

As a result, IAAP, through the Trust, has been able to do something that very few associations have ever done: build and maintain its own retirement center. What’s more, Vista Grande (the world’s only retirement center for administrative professionals) was built entirely through donations to the Trust, with no corporate or association sponsorship.

However, the Trust realizes that not every elderly or needy administrative professional can (or wants to) live at Vista Grande. As a result, in 2003, the Foundation’s Board of Trustees began a new program: the Financial Assistance Program.

Through this new service, a retired administrative professional living in a retirement community can receive financial assistance to be used toward housing costs. To qualify, applicants must meet HUD financial guidelines. Assistance can be a part of or all of rent (depending on funds available and need).

When Della Herring stood up at a meeting of NSA in 1947, she thought it was deplorable that secretaries had no retirement home to call their own. She contributed the first dollar toward such a cause, and today, the Trust has built and maintains just such a center. Through the Financial Assistance program, we can ensure that Della Herring’s dream lives on.

Like Vista Grande, the Financial Assistance Program is funded through your contributions. Please see your division or chapter RTF chairman to see how you can help

Q:  Where is Vista Grande?
A:  Vista Grande is located in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, a picturesque mesa northwest of Albuquerque.  The land consists of approximately 11 acres and was built it three phases completed between 1972 and 1983.

Q:  How large is Vista Grande?
A:  The Center comprises 168 apartments, a community building, lounge, library, crafts room, laundry center, all faiths meditation chapel, a resident nurse, exercise room, and management offices.

Q:  Why should I donate to the Trust?
A:  The Trust has grown with small donations contributed by IAAP members, with memorial contributions and bequests from special IAAP members, and with proceeds from IAAP fundraising events. As a member of IAAP, you are invested in the Trust and its success.

For additional information or a residency application, call or write today:
Manager, Vista Grande
Retirement Center
4101 Meadowlark Lane SE
Rio Rancho, NM 87124
505-892-9300

Dot Raulston CAP
Administrative Assistant
Beckman Coulter, Inc., Plant Engineering
2470 Faraday Ave
Carlsbad CA 92010
Phone: 760. 438.6452
Fax: 760.438.6504
dkraulston@beckman.com

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