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Volunteer of the year award ‘long overdue’ |
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Monday, November 23 2009 |
By Chris Meyers
Staff writer
For the past few decades, Dale Moser has had several titles — pastor, chaplain, co-convener of the Local Coordinating Council and co-convener of Whitley County’s chapter for Drug-Free Indiana are just a few.
But now, he has a new title to add to the list: volunteer of the year.
Moser was chosen recently from numerous nominations to be the volunteer of the year for the 14-county Northeastern Region of the Governor’s Council for a Drug-Free Indiana.
“I knew I was nominated … but I had no idea I’d be chosen,” Moser said of the award, which signifies years of work with local alcohol and drug prevention programs.
When Moser started with what was then the Local Coordinating Council 23 years ago there were only a handful of members.
Now, that group has grown to dozens and has been re-branded as Whitley County’s chapter of Drug-Free Indiana.
Moser’s award came as a result of his work with D-FI over the years.
For Greg Hockemeyer, who currently co-convenes D-FI meetings with Moser and nominated him for the award, his feelings on Moser’s win were summed up in one sentence.
“I think the award was long overdue,” Hockemeyer said.
Moser is quick to credit the work of others who have helped D-FI grow to what it is today.
“There were always a lot of very good people,” he said.
Throughout the years, one of the more rewarding aspects of the growth of D-FI has been the involvement of the local high schools, which has grown for the last several years to include all three school districts.
Regardless what Moser may do in the future, it will most certainly involve work with the church where he pastors, Gospel-Land Ministries, and a continued devotion to drug and alcohol prevention and treatment programs.
In the nomination form, Hockemeyer wrote that years after Moser left the business world, retirement is still off in the distance, something with which Moser agrees.
“I don’t see any retirement in my future, and I don’t want to retire,” he said.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, November 24 2009 )
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