Rookie of the Year, Kou Nyan started volunteering for WaterFire in 2017. How did you begin your journey with WaterFire? My journey with WaterFire began with a leap of faith. I was unemployed and knew I had to do something. So I prayed to God, volunteerism dropped in my spirit… Read More »Volunteer Spotlight: Kou Nyan
If you’ve ever managed to snag a position on the basin, It’s likely you’ve seen the work of Captain Fern Rouleau, a staple of the WaterFire Volunteers who’s been with us since 1996. Since the very beginning, Fern was attracted to the event. Driving her own boat, Fern naturally gravitated… Read More »Volunteer Spotlight: Fern Rouleau
If you have ever experienced a WaterFire event, then you have probably seen the boats that fill the braziers with wood and keep them lit. These fire tenders are an integral part of making the event happen and it would not be possible without them. It is people like wood… Read More »Volunteer Spotlight: Chris Steber and Russ Cooney
This is a Volunteer Spotlight in which the pictures really do the talking. Kevin Murray is a street photographer by trade who has been cutting his teeth on WaterFire photography for three seasons. One of the biggest perks of the job, he says, is how much it opens your eyes… Read More »Volunteer Spotlight: Kevin Murray
Dani Torres is one of WaterFire’s most reliable and hard-working Special Ops leads – in other words, one of those pesky volunteers keeping guests a safe distance from lit torches. Torch processions truly make each event stand out from the others, marking a special occasion or celebration, and Dani plays… Read More »Volunteer Spotlight: Dani Torres
One of the most amazing and inspiring qualities to WaterFire volunteers is how frequently they are out in the world making other kinds of magic happen. Melissa Ferrell is an avid volunteer all over the state, making good things happen with a variety of organizations. Her real start to volunteering,… Read More »Volunteer Spotlight: Melissa Ferrell
After a dozen years of volunteering, Jane Carlson has become extremely familiar with Providence and its people. First-time volunteers and even visitors immediately and automatically become part of WaterFire’s people — a giant family encompassing every type of individual one could ever dream up. For Jane, that’s part of a… Read More »Volunteer Spotlight: Jane Carlson
One largely unknown fact about WaterFire: everything we use for the event, except for the braziers, is set up in the morning before most people have risen, and taken down after the final visitors leave. Sometimes it takes until 2:30 or 3:00 in the morning before the last WaterFire truck… Read More »Volunteer Spotlight: Josh Jefferis
At WaterFire Providence, we like volunteers to be exposed to different opportunities in order to find where a volunteer will fit best based on their skills and their interests. A volunteer finding their niche and becoming part of the WaterFire experience is something we strive for and look forward to… Read More »Volunteer Spotlight: Steven Sondler
At WaterFire Providence we love recruiting new volunteers to help us light up the night, but one thing we pride ourselves most on is when volunteers love their experience so much that they decide to return to help at another event. Or in the case of Catherine and Wayne Barnes,… Read More »Volunteer Spotlight: Catherine and Wayne Barnes
