Thursday, 9 June 2022

Pride of Workmanship awards

Mr CARROLL (Niddrie—Minister for Public Transport, Minister for Roads and Road Safety) (09:46): On Monday, 23 May, I had the honour of attending at the Aberfeldie Community Bowls Club the Keilor East Rotary Pride of Workmanship awards, which are given in recognition of exemplary service in all fields of work in our local community. My sincere congratulations go to the awardees and to the nominators, vocational director Bob McMartin, social director Ginny Billson and president Yvonne Osborn for organising such a wonderful, memorable event. Can I also put on the record my appreciation to Jessica Romeo from Destination Graze for the delicious food.

Pride of Workmanship is not a competition, and there are no winners. It is recognition of individual achievement and dedication to one’s local community. I want to put on record and into Hansard my great and sincere congratulations to the people that were chosen for their vocation: Connie Micallef at Holloway Hostel; Dino Sapuppo, the pharmacist at the Keilor Village Pharmacy; Ana Maria Sedano, a cleaner at Melbourne Showgrounds, who has done outstanding work during the COVID pandemic; Michael Juzefowicz, a landscaper at Wood-Land Gardenscapes; Timothy Wood, a landscaper at Wood-Land Gardenscapes as well; and Angela Buckley at Hotchkin Hughes accountancy. My sincere congratulations to the awardees for their pride in their work and to the Rotary Club of Keilor East for their outstanding work over the past few years, in particular for the 25 years they have been running the Rotary Club of Keilor East Pride of Workmanship Awards. I am very pleased that—apart from COVID—since I was elected I have been able to attend each one of these award ceremonies in great recognition of community spirit.