April
Novak was announced as Marshfield Clinic
AmeriCorps member serving at Door County YMCA Sturgeon Bay Center until
August 31, 2016. April is a native of Kewaunee, Wisconsin.
April is
serving as the Volunteer Coordinator at the Door County YMCA. Her principal duty is to update and maintain
the volunteer process. She will also be
periodically making contact with current and past volunteers, as well as recruiting
new volunteers to serve the Door County YMCA, Sturgeon Bay and Northern Door
locations.
AmeriCorps
offers opportunities at 25,000 different sites throughout the U.S. for
individuals to engage in intensive service for one year to meet critical
community needs. Since 1994, 900,000
volunteers have participated in AmeriCorps, addressing needs in education,
health, economic support, and the environment.
In exchange for their service, AmeriCorps members earn an education
award that can be used to pay for college or to pay back qualified student
loans.
Marshfield
Clinic sponsors three AmeriCorps programs: an after school tutoring and healthy
active living program, a program for building nonprofit capacity through
effective use of volunteers, and a program that supports substance abuse
prevention.
April
joined the Marshfield Clinic AmeriCorps program to gain experience in the
community and human service areas. Her
work is driven by a desire to serve individuals and families, as well as
strengthen the community and society as a whole.
April went
to St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin and graduated in 2015 with the
degree in Psychology.
Marshfield Clinic provides patient
care, research and education with more than 50 locations in northern, central
and western Wisconsin, making it one of the largest comprehensive medical
systems in the United States.
