National Service AmeriCorps member placed in Sturgeon Bay to serve community

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.