Et cetera : AmeriCorps NCCC Class 18 Team Leader Spotlight: Billy Gonsler

Billy Gonsler

Name: Billy Gonsler

Hometown: Grand Blanc, MI

Billy Gonsler is serving a second year with NCCC. He served with the Perry Point campus in Maryland in 2011 as a Corps Member of Class 17. This year Billy is serving as a Class 18 Team Leader with the NCCC campus in Vinton. He will lead a team of 10-12 Corps Members over a 10-month period and his team will serve on four to seven service projects throughout the North Central Region.

Billy wants to serve a second year with NCCC because he feels it would be a great opportunity not only to grow personally, but to help his team to grow and provide them an opportunity to learn and have a great service year.

Billy is a hard worker who also enjoys the simple things in life. He believes he is a good listener and truly cares about individuals. He has been doing service work on and off the past three years and has used numerous types of tools and equipment. Billy is open to learning and having fun, but also knows when it is time to get down and dirty.

Billy graduated from Flint Powers Catholic School in 2006 and Saint Thomas Aquinas in 2010 with a Business Administration and a minor in Theology. After NCCC, Billy is considering a couple of options which are teaching Theology for a high school or using his Wild land firefighter experience to go out West to do a season of fire.

Some fun facts about Billy:

Q: What was your first job? Bingo Hall

Q: What is your favorite movie? Remember the Titans and Braveheart

Q: What will be your first words of advice for your team members? You will only get out of this year what you put into it

Q: What is one place in the world that you really, really wish you could visit?Australia

Q: What is your favorite candy? Reese’s

Q: Are there any sayings your parents repeated over and over that you can still remember clearly? “Do something you are going to love”

Q: What do you like to do in your free time? Sports, start gazing, long walks on the beach

Q: Could you give us one reason to join AmeriCorps NCCC? To help others who may not have any other way. Service and travel.