The Blue Mountains Rotary Clubs (Blackheath, Central Blue, Katoomba, and Upper Blue Sunrise) held its Pride of Workmanship Awards presentation dinner at the RSL Club in Katoomba. As you know, The Pride of Workmanship Awards are made to outstanding local employees, whom their business owners or managers believe have contributed substantially to their workplace.
The award venue room was gayly decorated and each chair was draped with a large bow and the tables were festooned with candles. One would have thought it was for a wedding reception and we thank the club staff for spending the time and money to make the evening so special for The Clubs. The room was essentially sold out with a record attendance of 110 guests, members and friend.
President Bill remarked after the award ceremony “I’m pleased that our Pride of Workmanship Awards program was so successful and I really enjoy seeing outstanding employees recognised for their efforts.”
The Awards this year were made to (in alphabetical order): Janelle Boersma, The Salvation Army; Michael Hargraves, Council Approval Group; Upeksha Kariyawasam, Theo Poulos Real Estate; Jacob McAndrew, Hotel Etico; Lauren Palmer, Cancer Wellness; Jason Pearson, Bygone Beauties; Ned Pearson-Bourke, John Chapman Real Estate; and Nicole Tziavaras, Leura GP.
A special thanks goes to Sunrise’s Vocational Director, Jenny, who for months has been able to juggle this project at the same time as The Cookbook. We are sure that husband, Mark, hasn’t seen her in weeks.
Jenny was very pleased with the flawless execution of the event and said post the ceremony, “We are delighted to publicly recognise great people and great workplaces. Happy, healthy people are more motivated and engaged, and tend to stay with an employer for longer.”
It should be noted that Jenny’s Team also included: Brian Turner, Central Blue Mountains; Liang Feng, Katoomba and Sherlie McMillan, Blackheath. In addition, Liz from Upper Blue, was also a significant contributor to the event’s success. Thank you to all those involved.