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Dr. Alan Patterson 2023 Green Dot HEro
Fond du Lac Area Women’s Fund Green Dot facilitator to be honored is not a SHEro, but a HEro! Dr. Alan Patterson served on our Board of Directors and Community Education Committee when the idea of our Fond du Lac Says No More initiative was first devised.
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SSM Health Greater Fond du Lac Domestic Violence Services 2023 Green Dot SHEroe Team
Fond du Lac Area Women’s Fund group SHEro nomination: the team at SSM Health Greater Fond du Lac Domestic Violence Services. See what they shared regarding “why” this work is so important.
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Severa Krueger Marian University 2023 Green Dot SHEroe
Our next Green Dot SHEro, Severa Krueger, facilitates Green Dot Bystander Intervention Training at Marian University. The training meets the NCAA’s standards for educational training related to violence prevention for all student-athletes. Severa has also facilitated for other student groups, faculty and staff at Marian. The college edition of Green Dot at Marian, coupled with the communitywide version led by our Fond du Lac Area Women’s Fund, makes Fond du Lac the only city in the state of Wisconsin to have the opportunity to educate in two unique ways from college through adulthood.
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Amy Bayer, DV Services and Day Stabilization Services at SSM Health 2023 Green Dot SHEro.
Amy Bayer, supervisor of DV Services and Day Stabilization Services at SSM Health, is our next Green Dot SHEro. Amy was part of the first group of 43 trained in facilitating in November 2018. Since then, she’s taken an active role in helping train others. Here’s her words on “why” Green Dot matters:
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Kimberly Blick 2023 Green Dot SHEroe
Our next Green Dot SHEro, Kimberly Blick, works to instill the ideas of bystander intervention in school-age children in the Fond du Lac School District. She was jointly nominated by Marian Sheridan and Morgan Schmidt, former and current members of our Board of Directors, respectively. And although our Green Dot program is geared toward adults, here’s what Kim said about “why” it’s important at all ages:
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Solutions Center of Fond du Lac Green Dot SHEroe Team
The entire Solutions Center Domestic Violence Services staff was nominated by Interim Executive Director Amy Bayer as a Green Dot SHEro Team. In her nomination, Amy shared: “This team has shown resilience and determination through changes of leadership, programing and a move in shelter locations over the last year. They have continued to work tirelessly to ensure their clients are safe and needs are met. Staff are available 24/7 to provide emotional support, safety planning and empower victims of violence to move forward from their trauma.
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2023 Green Dot SHEro Alexandria Berg
Our next Green Dot SHEro is Alexandria Berg, who works as a community health specialist at SSM Health. Alex was nominated by Kyle Jefferson, who serves on our Board of Directors. Here’s what Alex had to say in her own words about “why” bystander intervention matters:
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Sandy Hardie 2023 Green Dot SHEro
The Fond du Lac Area Women’s Fund’s next Green Dot SHEro Sandy Hardie, the founder and executive director of Mahala’s Hope, was nominated by Lisa Kidd, who serves as a board member for both our Women’s Fund and Mahala’s Hope.
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2023 Green Dot SHEro Spotlight Anne Lemke
Our next Green Dot SHEro Anne Lemke has been a staunch advocate of Green Dot, ensuring that dozens of her now former colleagues and students at Moraine Park Technical College have received the training. (She retired in January!)
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2023 Green Dot SHEro Kris Tagliapietra, RN
Kris Tagliapietra, RN, is personally responsible for facilitating Green Dot trainings for more people in Fond du Lac County than any other facilitator. She was part of the initial group of individuals trained and then took that knowledge and immediately implemented it in her role as a nurse trainer at St. Agnes Hospital. In that first year in 2019, Kris was able to train nearly 700 nurses and staff at St. Agnes, incorporating it into the one-hour Green Dot training into the curriculum of required nurse training because she believed in how it would make a difference. Fond du Lac Area Women’s Fund so grateful for Kris’ commitment in that first year, putting her own learning into action to impact so many others!
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