2024 Award Winners

Ms Virginia Cordera
Senior Citizen of the Year Award Winner

Ms Virginia Cordera 2024 Senior Citizen of the Year Award Winner

Virginia's tireless voluntary contribution to our community, for more than 50 years now, through many hours per week in the kitchen at Campbelltown Soccer Club, has been critical in helping the Club to fulfil its potential in our community. The regularity and quality and volume of her service have been enormous - helping several generations of children and young men and women in our community to find both healthy activity and serious competition alike through local soccer.

Service to club through volunteering in the kitchen, through training, games and special functions alike, on a regular basis throughout the long season, every year for more than fifty years, adds up to something extraordinary. This helps the club to function, making meals for players and spectators alike, and for guests at functions held by the club.

Mrs Kayla Petrovansky
Citizen of the Year Award Winner

Mrs Kayla Petrovansky 2024 Citizen of the Year Award Winner

Kayla has been a past and present Volunteer member in over 10 local Community Groups. Currently studying to become a primary school teacher and as a young mother, Kayla is dedicating her spare time to being a Charles Campbell College Governing Council member, Chair of the Parents and Friends Community, Breakfast Club Volunteer, Second-hand uniform shop Volunteer and was the organiser and driving force behind the Campbell Fair, just to name a few.

Kayla is an incredible Volunteer, who is collaborative and selfless. She encourages others to become involved and builds connections between parents and Community organisations. Providing breakfast to young people 3 mornings per week to primary and secondary schools and organising second-hand uniforms for sale and support for students in need, she is a Community minded citizen leading and inspiring our Community.

Mr Rishi Adhikari
Young Citizen of the Year Award Winner

Mr Rishi Adhikari 2024 Young Citizen of the Year Award Winner

Rishi has done extensive volunteer work for the youth of Campbelltown. Rishi engages with other youth in productive pastimes, increasing awareness of Council services and supports students to remain at school.

Rishi was involved in many Community programs such as the Study Relief packs from 2019 to 2022 where he assisted to pack goodies to help students relax during their exam sessions, with anyone from the age of 12 to 25 being able to access this promotion. He was also involved in the ‘Youth Crew’ which was an initiative raised by Rishi and his team at the Youth Advisory Council as building a community of volunteers who are able to use the resources of YAC to work on community projects they are most passionate about.