I was proud to accept, on behalf of the Rotary Club of Camberwell, a certificate of appreciation from the Box Hill Institute for our ongoing support of their apprentice training program represented by the Bert Stevens Apprentice Awards.In the 2005-2006 Rotary year, our club established the annual Bert Stevens Apprentice Awards to honour our club’s revered charter member and tradesman of many skills, the late Bert Stevens.
Since then, in conjunction with the Box Hill Institute – Faculty of Trades (formerly known as Box Hill TAFE College), these awards have been made annually to two final year apprentices who were completing their apprenticeships and training despite personal setbacks and/or difficulties.
Each award has been to a cash amount sufficient to allow the recipient to purchase a suitable kit of tools for their trade. In recent years, each award has been to the value of $1,500.
For the 2021 school year, $3,000 was forwarded to Box Hill Institute to allow these two awards to be presented to Timothy Hamilton and Zhuozend (Telfair) Li.
Murray Anderson, President 2020-2021
on behalf of the Vocation & Youth Committee
