What is a volunteer ? Webster says it is a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task without being paid.
I will add to that by saying it is a person in this case who has a huge heart and a need to share it with her neighbors and friends .
The person I am nominating for Volunteer of the Year is not a stranger if you live in Buckingham County. She pops up everywhere there is a need.She is the real deal. She as they say…walks the walk. I recently had someone say , oh, I work full time – I could never find the time to volunteer. Isn’t that just for retired people? After I calmed myself down, I said no that is not true. The good Lord gives us 24 silver dollars each day and how we spend them is up to us.
I work closely with this lady as she is a member of the Historic Buckingham Board of Directors and Vice President of that organization . Her usual question is “ What do you need me to bring” or What do you need help with? . Just in our organization I can always depend on her to be at almost all of Historic Buckingham’s event s – even if she can only stay a little while because she is playing music for someone funeral or helping out with some other fundraiser. She is a tireless volunteer for groups like Anti-litter, Relay for Life, Habitat for Humanity, and more. She plays piano for Mt. Zion Baptist Church. And I hear that she is the maker of the a famous Rum Cake. Anyone in here had the pleasure of that cake?
In conclusion, I would like to nominate Sallie Mowbray as the Buckingham Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year …an honor long overdue.
Submitted by Martha Louis
