2013 Volunteer of The Year: Bobbie Lane

2013 - 63rd Fair


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By Jessica Jones “I'm in the community – I just help with whatever,” the words rang out from Bobbie Lane as she smiled warmly. Selected as this year's volunteer of the year by the organizers of the Baldwin County Fair, Lane is a star manager of Tupperware and has been a member of the Cattlewomen's Association for 42 years. She's served as president of the Association and helps with the Junior-Senior Beef Cookoff. A Spanish Fort resident since 1963, Lane has also volunteered with the Baldwin County Fair for more than 30 years, judging baked goods and canning. She arrives at the Fair on Mondays to help with set up, then judges goods on Tuesdays. She said that during baked goods judging, she notes the texture of the product, making sure it isn't dried out. She also judges for overall presentation, and of course, taste. She volunteers at the Catfish Roundup in Stapleton, with Catholic Social Services, at the young farmers' Safety Day Camp, helps with school essays on beef and volunteers as a judge with the 4H Club. She helps with blood drives and blood pressure checks and is a member of a Mobile Mardi Gras organization. Baldwin County Fair organizer Melinda Hankins said that Lane has been helping out since before she started working with the Fair. “She's a volunteer that just pops up everywhere,” she explained. “She's always on time and accurate.” Lane said she has attended cake decorating class, and many other ventures, always going along with friends to different activities. “It's just friend going with friend – that's how I do everything, how I get into a lot of trouble,” she laughed. She said that's her favorite part of the Tupperware business, as well. She enjoys meeting new people, educating and sharing. “I enjoy helping people, sharing recipes to help people save money and time so that they can do things they want to do,” she explained. “Young people do more fast food, but they can save money eating at home. I still put up peas and fresh vegetables and things you need in your life. I like to reach the younger generation and teach them about agriculture or it will be lost. I just share – it's an opportunity to make people's lives better.” She said she often hears a similar response from those around her, “Y'all are the mothering type, you've got a lot of information to share with other people.” Lane said that's one thing she's learned through her work with Tupperware. “We all help everybody to be successful,” she divulged. “I've got a lot of good friends.” She said her strong desire to help others has always been a part of her life. “My family is more family-oriented – we do a lot of things together,” she revealed. “There are seven children and we all still do things together: holidays, vacations. I just do anything anybody asks me to do.” She likes to go to the mountains, on cruises and any kind of travel with her family, she said. “Basically, I just like to have fun,” she beamed. “A lot of times, I don't think of it as work. I work hard, but I play hard, too.”
Bobbie Lane