Why I became a Notary Public After retiring from being a Budget Analyst for the Department of Defense for over 30 years, I moved to New Orleans, Louisiana to be with my daughter. I was still interested in working because I wanted to keep busy. However, I wanted to do some type of public service work. Public service work is important to me because it made me feel that I am contributing back to society. In New Orleans, I had the opportunity to volunteer with AARP. While volunteering with AARP, I was able to be an office assistant. I helped organize training classes, gave AARP talks at health fairs, and senior citizen centers, taught volunteers the AARP Volunteer Portal, set up classrooms for the training session, hosted AARP zoom meetings, was interviewed for an AARP magazine on Downsizing, and worked all AARP events that were held in New Orleans. Yet, after being in New Orleans for 8 ½ years, I had a need to be close to family. We are all getting older, and I just want to be with my family after not being with them for over 27 years. At this point, 4 of my siblings had moved to Las Vegas, so I decided to move there. After searching for an area that we liked, my baby sister and I found an apartment in Henderson, NV to share. My interest in becoming a notary began in New Orleans. I learned that notaries had a long history of helping people, which was similar to my volunteer work. Becoming a Notary is a noble occupation, and almost everyone will need notarization service at one time or another. I was also impressed that the Notary fees are regulated by the State of Nevada and are priced where the general population can afford notarization services. That is important to me because having to sign your name should not cost you a lot of money. Notary Publics are also known to give free or low-cost events for the elderly, disabled, students, and the homeless. And I wanted to be part of an occupation that has that kind of reputation. Which gives me the opportunity to give back and, also have a business of my own.
