Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from TopockAZ.com!

As the year draws to a close, TopockAZ extends a warm invitation to friends, neighbors, and visitors to reflect on the memories we’ve made and the bright future ahead. Our small town thrives on community spirit, kindness, and the shared moments that make each year special.

Thank You, Topock/Golden Shores!

We are grateful to all who contributed to our town’s successes this year—from local businesses and volunteers to the families who call Topock/Golden Shores home. Your continued support makes our town a wonderful place to live.

As we welcome the new year, keep an eye on our website for updates about upcoming events, town meetings, and opportunities to get involved. Together, let’s make the coming year even better!

Wishing everyone a safe, joyful Christmas, and prosperous New Year!

Get to know our volunteers while we thank them for a great first year:

Tom Blair – Went to Stanford to become an engineer, but he did not like the thought of working inside an office, so he worked as a Volkswagen and Porsche mechanic and taught mechanics at UTI for a few years. Mr. Tom moved to Topock in 2020 and enjoys his retirement volunteering at the Golden Shores Baptist Church as a sound engineer. He loves baking and if you never tried one of his recipes you don’t know what you are missing.

Denise Howard McGlinchey – Graduated with summa cum laude from the American Intercontinental University with a business major and concentration in accounting. In 2017 Denise bought a house in Topock where she keeps doing what she loves the most – sewing! As a fashion creator, she runs her own business from home and still finds time to volunteer in many other places besides our TopockAZ website.

Lied Santos – Born in South America, after finishing her bachelor’s in veterinary medicine, Lied got married and moved to US to be with her husband during the 90s. Her love for languages sparked her motivation to start her own business teaching English to foreigners and teaching Spanish and Portuguese to Americans and other nationalities. She received a certificate from the Cambridge Assessment English and several on the job training from language schools in Florida. Lied enjoys working remotely and is always happy to contribute to our website.

Kylie Anderson – Born and raised in Topock, Kylie is a very smart seventh grader. She likes writing and every month we can read her page at Topock Kids. Kylie loves her family, and she always has fun stories to tell us about family time. We are delighted to have Kylie as one of our writer volunteers.

Eugene Turner –Spent time with his family in Topock during the 60s and 70s, bought a house in 2015 but did not move permanently until 2023. Known during his working years as the “head computer geek,” Eugene got his computer education at Cal Poly Pomona and after at least 40 years in the business, he still volunteers as the program designer for our website. Being so dedicated to his faith, Eugene pursued his degree in Christianity and graduated with a bachelor’s in science from Liberty University. He devotes a lot of his time to God and is always happy to write his page Christian Space.

Edna Moreno (Turner) – Lived in many places including Rio de Janeiro, New York, Boston and Huntington Beach. Holds a degree in Humanities from UCLA and retired as a Human Resources Manager from a midsize company in California. Moved full time to Topock after retiring in 2023 where she writes her books and dedicates a lot of her time by delivering information online to the community of Topock, Golden Shores and all the ones who show interest in our town around the world.

In previous months we talked about the town in general, this month we would like to re-introduce this website to those who are visiting for the first time.

Topock AKA Golden Shores is a very unique town. Some call it a retirement community, but there are also a good number of families with children and young adults. A lot of retirees are not familiar with the use of computers or smart phones, so logging into the internet and typing www.topockaz.com is a task that does not come natural as picking up a printed physical bulletin. Fortunately, the older generation is learning and realizing that even bills are mostly paid online nowadays. So, thinking about the large number of people who enjoy sitting in front of their computers or relaxing with their cellphones in hand, we created this FIRST community website for our town!

We still have a lot to learn from our residents and businesses, but we also welcome all comments, suggestions and collaborations. Our intention is to serve the community and bring people closer. So many of our neighbors do not live in town all year round but would love to read about what goes on in Topock from wherever they are around the world. Because our main goal is to serve the community, until the end of the year all our ads are FREE! All you have to do is email us by the 25th of the month with a picture of your advertisement, business card, or just the name of your business and information, and we will post it free of charge.

If you are looking to join our team of volunteers, we welcome you! Right now, we have a small group of writers and collaborators including young students who every month bring content to our topockaz.com. We hope we can improve every month and keep serving this beautiful community of Topock and Golden Shores.

Email us at thebridge@topockaz.com for your FREE AD, comments, suggestions, or just to introduce yourself. We would love to hear from you!

Your friends at TopockAZ.com