Cherrybrook Metro photo courtesy of Thomas Walder
Vocation Report 2023-2024
Director: Kerry Mann
Vocational Service is the shared responsibility of both the Club and its Members.
Our role throughout 2023 – 2024 continued to be the implementation and encouragement of activities that develop the vocational talents and skills in the service of the community.
To that end we conducted the following events during the past Rotary year:
Vocational Visits
Pride of Workmanship Awards
Pride of Workmanship (PoW) awards are an important part of the Club as they acknowledge the efforts and contributions of employees and businesses / organisations who consistently achieve high quality service and work performance.
The Pride of The Pride of Workmanship Awards Program is an approved Rotary program commenced in 1976 by the Rotary Club of Pennant Hills (Australia, District 9685).
Participating businesses promote the Pride of Workmanship theme of "Do it once-do it well" throughout their organisation and nominees are identified as worthy of recognition, not only within the organisation they work with, but the wider community. Nominees of the Pride of Workmanship Program are presented with a plaque in recognition of their achievements.
We conducted our annual award ceremony on 14 May 2024 at The Vicar where David Firth from the Rotary Club of Pennant Hills spoke on the history of The Pride of Workmanship Awards and the importance of recognising people who characterise the essence of Pride of Workmanship – “Do it once-do it well”
David presented the following awardees with a Rotary Pride of Workmanship Plaque inscribed with their names.
Awardee - Michelle Friery
Nominated by Neville Hansen
Michelle Friery works part time for the Salvation Army at Westleigh.
Michelle is what commitment is all about, when Michelle commits to something you can guarantee it will happen.
Every year Michelle takes our music (CDs, DVDs etc) left over from the Book sale plus boxes of other books and stores these in her garage. Michelle then trickle feeds the music and books to the Salvation Army. This is what dedication is all about.
When you talk to Michelle, she just exuberates Customer Service and commitment and this is what “Pride of Workmanship” is all about.
Awardee - Lindon Paleracio
Nominated by Bob Wyhms
Lindon Paleracio is a Filipino national sponsored to come to Australia on a skilled work visa in 2023.
Prior to coming to Australia, Lindon spent numerous years working in the United Arab Emirates as a skilled mechanic. He has a wife and two young children who he is working to bring to Australia when he is financially able to do so.
Lindon was nominated for the Pride of Workmanship Award due to his initiative willingness to take on any task given to him. He takes pride in every job and seeks to make sure that every job he completes is carried out in a professional manner. He will always stay back if needed to see that the customers receive their vehicles on time. He is proficient in the way he works and has very little lost or downtime.
Awardee - Luke McLeod
Nominated by Neville Hansen
Luke McLeod is the owner of a small Air Conditioning Business called, DougAir.
Luke is what a small business owner is all about, winning business from word of mouth and doing the job right the first time.
When you talk to Luke, he just exuberates Customer Service and this is what “Pride of Workmanship” is all about.
Luke is now teaching at the TAFE in the Central Coast.
Luke was unable to join us on the night due to teaching commitments.
Our role throughout 2023 – 2024 continued to be the implementation and encouragement of activities that develop the vocational talents and skills in the service of the community.
To that end we conducted the following events during the past Rotary year:
Vocational Visits
- 14 August 2023
- 30 October 2023
- 29 January 2024
- 19 February 2924
- 20 April 2024
Pride of Workmanship Awards
Pride of Workmanship (PoW) awards are an important part of the Club as they acknowledge the efforts and contributions of employees and businesses / organisations who consistently achieve high quality service and work performance.
The Pride of The Pride of Workmanship Awards Program is an approved Rotary program commenced in 1976 by the Rotary Club of Pennant Hills (Australia, District 9685).
Participating businesses promote the Pride of Workmanship theme of "Do it once-do it well" throughout their organisation and nominees are identified as worthy of recognition, not only within the organisation they work with, but the wider community. Nominees of the Pride of Workmanship Program are presented with a plaque in recognition of their achievements.
We conducted our annual award ceremony on 14 May 2024 at The Vicar where David Firth from the Rotary Club of Pennant Hills spoke on the history of The Pride of Workmanship Awards and the importance of recognising people who characterise the essence of Pride of Workmanship – “Do it once-do it well”
David presented the following awardees with a Rotary Pride of Workmanship Plaque inscribed with their names.
Awardee - Michelle Friery
Nominated by Neville Hansen
Michelle Friery works part time for the Salvation Army at Westleigh.
Michelle is what commitment is all about, when Michelle commits to something you can guarantee it will happen.
Every year Michelle takes our music (CDs, DVDs etc) left over from the Book sale plus boxes of other books and stores these in her garage. Michelle then trickle feeds the music and books to the Salvation Army. This is what dedication is all about.
When you talk to Michelle, she just exuberates Customer Service and commitment and this is what “Pride of Workmanship” is all about.
Awardee - Lindon Paleracio
Nominated by Bob Wyhms
Lindon Paleracio is a Filipino national sponsored to come to Australia on a skilled work visa in 2023.
Prior to coming to Australia, Lindon spent numerous years working in the United Arab Emirates as a skilled mechanic. He has a wife and two young children who he is working to bring to Australia when he is financially able to do so.
Lindon was nominated for the Pride of Workmanship Award due to his initiative willingness to take on any task given to him. He takes pride in every job and seeks to make sure that every job he completes is carried out in a professional manner. He will always stay back if needed to see that the customers receive their vehicles on time. He is proficient in the way he works and has very little lost or downtime.
Awardee - Luke McLeod
Nominated by Neville Hansen
Luke McLeod is the owner of a small Air Conditioning Business called, DougAir.
Luke is what a small business owner is all about, winning business from word of mouth and doing the job right the first time.
When you talk to Luke, he just exuberates Customer Service and this is what “Pride of Workmanship” is all about.
Luke is now teaching at the TAFE in the Central Coast.
Luke was unable to join us on the night due to teaching commitments.
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Michelle Freiry receiving her award
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Lindon Paleracio receiving his award
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