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Students Thoughtfully Serving Hinsdale

Our UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale Junior Board fosters goodwill in the community. Created in 2006, this volunteer program helps high school students learn, grow and serve while building community awareness for our Hinsdale hospital.

Each school year, more than 100 students come together to learn about the hospital and build friendships with peers. Through this faith-based program, junior board members grow in leadership, participate in service projects and volunteer to support our community. A membership drive to join the Junior Board is held every summer.

Meet Our Junior Board Members

Chair and Parent Coordinators

  • Colleen Salvino, Chair
  • Lyn Burgess, Co-Chair
  • Noelle Acosta-Brewer, Parent Coordinator

Executive Board

  • Harlan Apple, President
  • Nadia Neskovic, Co-President
  • Meghan Krayer, Vice President
  • William Cormier, Co-Vice President
  • Charlie Hopkins, Chief Operating Officer
  • Henry O’Hara, Co-COO
  • Tessa Braningan, Treasurer
  • Jack Burgess, Secretary
  • Brody O’Hare, Spiritual Leader and Chief Peer Leader
  • Maya Patal, Co-Spiritual Leader
  • McKenna Molis, Communications Chair
  • Addison Linn, Co-Communications Chair
  • Elizabeth Ramero, Peer Leader
  • Elly Hillmer, Peer Leader
  • Teddy O’Hara, Peer Leader
  • Mia Molis, Peer Leader

Growing in Leadership and Service

Our junior board members participate in activities that foster community well-being while building skills to last a lifetime. They gain valuable life experience while contributing to our mission of offering leading-edge, whole-person healthcare in Hinsdale.

  • Volunteers helping other people.

    Volunteerism

    Each year, the junior board staffs the hospital’s Ice Cream Social. This event provides multiple volunteer opportunities, including ice cream services, art projects and face painting.

    The Junior Board will also participate in the Medical Mission Clinic, serving uninsured people.

  • Volunteering and Donation Drive

    Service Projects

    At Hinsdale Family Residency Medical Center (HFMC), the junior board members manage a diaper and wipe drive for families in need who seek medical care at HFMC — many of whom are single mothers. In 2022, we collected more than 150 packages of diapers and wipes.

    Additionally, our junior board donated $25,000 to our hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit renovation in 2022.

  • A teenager using her computer.

    Leadership

    Students appointed to the executive committee grow in leadership development. At this level, members learn event planning and strategy, how to manage volunteers and how to run meetings.

Our Junior Board in the Community

UCMAH Hinsdale Junior Board group of students with nurses holding blanket
Three teen girls at junior board event
Teens helping at Junior Board Event
Group of teens at Junior Board Ice Cream Social Event

Junior Board Meeting Calendar

The Junior Board’s membership year runs from August 1 through July 31. Members must attend at least four meetings per year and participate in the annual Ice Cream Social.

Executive committee meetings are held before the general board meeting, which takes place the second Sunday of every month at UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale in the regional board room on the fifth floor. If you have any questions, please contact our team at 630-856-2001.