Vocation Report 2025-26
Director – Kerry Mann
Vocational Service is the shared responsibility of both the Club and its Members.
Our role throughout 2025 – 2026 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 3 June 2026 in conjunction with Pennant Hills Rotary Club at Pennant Hills Golf Club. The award ceremony shared with Pennant Hills Rotary Club was their last Award night as a Rotary Club and a celebration of 50 years of Pride of Workmanship.
Jim Fraser – Chairman of Pennant Hills Rotary read out the citations for awardees for Pennant Hills Rotary Club and West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook Rotary Club. The following awardees for West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook Rotary were presented with their awards by co-Presidents Sandra White and Anne Sharpe.
Awardee – Jo Jo The
Nominated by Colin Sharpe
Jo Jo to is on her third term as President of the Cherrybrook Public School P & C. She is also the owner of “Here Comes The Dog Walker”. Jo Jo has demonstrated her considerable capability as a community and people leader in running two Christmas Fete’s that our club has been invited to participate in. We ran the Santa cave at both events and were given the opportunity to set up a Tree of Joy. The Fete attracted a lot of attendance with food and craft stalls. Lots of entertainment from the school pupils too. The logistics of making this all happen is a big achievement.
Jo Jo exemplifies the Rotary Vocational motto “They profit most who serve best” and the Pride of Workmanship motto “Do It Once-Do It Well” With that I believe Jo Jo is a worthy recipient of our Pride of Workmanship award.
Awardee – Eva Kuchsrzewski
Nominated by Colin Sharpe
It gives me great pleasure to read this citation for Eva.
Eva has been the owner of Lalka Boutique in the Westleigh Shopping Village for the last 15 years. Eva was also the Village owners’ on-site liaison person last year. Eva was very enthusiastic about the Village again supporting our Tree of Joy. Eva set to work to make it happen again.
The Tree of Joy provides an opportunity for the community to donate Christmas presents for gifting to people who may not otherwise receive one. Around 250 gifts were received last year from the Westleigh community which we estimate are worth about $25,000.
Lalka Boutique was voted by the community to be the award winner in the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Local Business Awards Outstanding Fashion Shop in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2025. Also, as a finalist in 2022, 2024. The Local Business Awards recognise the achievements and dedication of outstanding local businesses and individuals who contribute to the growth of their community.
Eva exemplifies the Rotary Vocational motto “They profit most who serve best” and the Pride of Workmanship motto “Do It Once-Do It Well”
With that I believe Eva is a worthy recipient of our Pride of Workmanship award.
Kerry Mann
Vocation Director
June 2026
Vocational Service is the shared responsibility of both the Club and its Members.
Our role throughout 2025 – 2026 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
- 3 June 2026 Visit to RuffTRACK where members enjoyed morning tea with staff and young people involved in RuffTRACK. We were shown various works completed and how they train their dogs. An interesting morning was had by all in attendance.
- Our members were invited to a fund raising evening / ladies night on 12 June 2026 which was well attended.
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 3 June 2026 in conjunction with Pennant Hills Rotary Club at Pennant Hills Golf Club. The award ceremony shared with Pennant Hills Rotary Club was their last Award night as a Rotary Club and a celebration of 50 years of Pride of Workmanship.
Jim Fraser – Chairman of Pennant Hills Rotary read out the citations for awardees for Pennant Hills Rotary Club and West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook Rotary Club. The following awardees for West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook Rotary were presented with their awards by co-Presidents Sandra White and Anne Sharpe.
Awardee – Jo Jo The
Nominated by Colin Sharpe
Jo Jo to is on her third term as President of the Cherrybrook Public School P & C. She is also the owner of “Here Comes The Dog Walker”. Jo Jo has demonstrated her considerable capability as a community and people leader in running two Christmas Fete’s that our club has been invited to participate in. We ran the Santa cave at both events and were given the opportunity to set up a Tree of Joy. The Fete attracted a lot of attendance with food and craft stalls. Lots of entertainment from the school pupils too. The logistics of making this all happen is a big achievement.
Jo Jo exemplifies the Rotary Vocational motto “They profit most who serve best” and the Pride of Workmanship motto “Do It Once-Do It Well” With that I believe Jo Jo is a worthy recipient of our Pride of Workmanship award.
Awardee – Eva Kuchsrzewski
Nominated by Colin Sharpe
It gives me great pleasure to read this citation for Eva.
Eva has been the owner of Lalka Boutique in the Westleigh Shopping Village for the last 15 years. Eva was also the Village owners’ on-site liaison person last year. Eva was very enthusiastic about the Village again supporting our Tree of Joy. Eva set to work to make it happen again.
The Tree of Joy provides an opportunity for the community to donate Christmas presents for gifting to people who may not otherwise receive one. Around 250 gifts were received last year from the Westleigh community which we estimate are worth about $25,000.
Lalka Boutique was voted by the community to be the award winner in the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Local Business Awards Outstanding Fashion Shop in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2025. Also, as a finalist in 2022, 2024. The Local Business Awards recognise the achievements and dedication of outstanding local businesses and individuals who contribute to the growth of their community.
Eva exemplifies the Rotary Vocational motto “They profit most who serve best” and the Pride of Workmanship motto “Do It Once-Do It Well”
With that I believe Eva is a worthy recipient of our Pride of Workmanship award.
Kerry Mann
Vocation Director
June 2026
