Volunteer Profile – Beverly Fowler O.P.

Volunteer Beverly Fowler © TNC

Beverly Fowler had never heard of The Nature Conservancy before she was given a gift membership in 1994.  She is now one of our most dedicated volunteers.  Beverly has been volunteering once a week at The Nature Conservancy’s Madison office for over four years.  Beverly helps with a variety of office tasks including data entry, filing, research, photocopying, preparing mailings, assisting the protection team with grants and land inquiries, and anything else she’s asked to do.

Why did she choose to volunteer with The Nature Conservancy?

“It was an opportunity to become involved with an established non-profit agency whose goal is to preserve nature.  I learn different things and work on a variety of activities while I’m here.  It’s great to work with an organization that shares some of my own values — respect for nature, respect for all life, preserving the natural environment.”

Beverly has an undergraduate degree in business education and taught at Edgewood High School in Madison and in Burbank, Illinois.  She received her Masters in Liturgical Studies at Notre Dame.  And she is a Dominican Sister from Sinsinawa, Wisconsin.

In addition to volunteering for The Nature Conservancy, she also enjoys doing naturalist work and environmental education with Bethel Horizons, Madison School Forest, and Olbrich Botanical Gardens.  She loves teaching children to respect the natural world and to see their part in it.

“We are not separate but a part of nature.  Everything affects us.  We are all connected.”

Beverly brings her enthusiasm, passion, and energy to the office each week.  She makes a difference in all she does and we are fortunate to benefit from her hard work.