Volunteer Spotlight: Joanne Chevrière - Sews with Love, Rooted in Community
This month, we are delighted to shine our Volunteer Spotlight on Joanne Chevrière, whose kindness, creativity, and generous spirit have made her such a wonderful part of the WRWA community!
Joanne has been part of Westport since 2013 and joined the WRWA volunteer team in 2022. After retiring in 2017, she began looking for meaningful ways to get more involved in her community. Joanne is also enjoying her time as a new grandmother.
Since joining us, Joanne has become a familiar and much appreciated presence at so many WRWA events. Always willing to lend a hand, she continually goes above and beyond, volunteering at Electronics Recycling Day, River Day, our Summer Concert, and annual Gala. Her generosity is matched by her skilled craftsmanship as Joanne is also a talented seamstress and has donated her beautiful handmade smocked dresses to our Gala Silent Auction each year.
Joanne’s love for community, creativity, and the natural world extends beyond WRWA. She is also involved with the Westport River Gardeners Club, where she enjoys learning more about plants while sharing her own knowledge and appreciation for ecology, as well as a local chapter of the Smocking Arts Guild in Wellesley.
Joanne says what first drew her to WRWA, and what has kept her coming back, is the warmth, appreciation, and welcoming spirit she felt from our team and community. We feel incredibly lucky that she found her way to us! Joanne brings that same warmth to everything she does, and her kindness and willingness to always pitch in have made a lasting impact on WRWA.
Thank you, Joanne, for all the time, talent, and heart you share with us. We are so grateful to have you as part of the WRWA team!
