This year we honor Kelly Heselton, who is retiring from the Board of Directors after six years as Treasurer. She receives this year’s Minster Award for Volunteer Service, a beautiful gold pin designed and donated by Minster’s Jewelers of Newark, Delaware.

Kelly’s Aunt Lois Erickson, who has VHL, served on our first Board in 1993 and still serves on the 800 Line Committee. Lois’ sister Audrey Tobin joined the Board as our Treasurer in 1994, and Audrey drafted her daughter Kelly as Assistant Treasurer. Kelly joined our Board in 1996 and has been one of the reliable mainstays of this organization since that time.

In addition to her duties as Treasurer, Kelly organized and chaired our International Symposium in Rochester, Minnesota, in 2000. At home, Kelly is an auditor for Norwest Bank. She lives with her husband Dan and their two daughters. They are expecting their third child in October of this year.

We very much appreciate her many talents and organizational skills, and her strong and steady partnership in this work.

Thank you, Kelly!

As printed in the VHL Family Forum 10:2, June 2002. For permission to reprint, please contact VHL Family Alliance, editor@vhl.org.