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The Rotary Club of Ladner is based in the Ladner community of Delta, British Columbia,

providing service above self to our local community and our world

on the shared, traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the

sc̓əwaθən (Tsawwassen), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), and other Coast Salish Peoples

with our appreciation.

Ridding the world of polio a huge success, but still needs more

Posted by Peter Roaf on Oct 19, 2021

Two. That’s the number of polio cases reported this year so far from around the world. From 350,000 cases of polio in 125 countries in 1988 the two latest cases come from reports of one each in Afghanistan and Pakistan. President of The Rotary Foundation Canada and international trustee of The Rotary Foundation Dean Rohrs spoke to the Rotary Club of Ladner on October 19th about Rotary’s original aspiration and to this day, “Our Dream of a Polio Free World.”

Rohrs reports, “There are now 19.4 million people in the world, who would otherwise have been paralyzed by the poliovirus, walking and living fully productive lives because of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.” -- photos by Chris Offer

Food hampers from Shred A Thon for a brighter Christmas

Posted by Peter Roaf on Oct 15, 2021

At least 600 low income families throughout Delta, registered with Deltassist, will enjoy a happier Christmas thanks to proceeds from a confidential, secure paper Shred-A-Thon which Ladner Rotary is holding on Saturday, October 30, 2021, 10 am to 2 pm, behind Delta Cable/Eastlink offices at 5381 Ladner Trunk Road in Ladner.

For decades Deltassist has distributed hundreds of Christmas food hampers to low income families and seniors in Delta with food collected through local schools and other organizations. Ladner Rotary is one of the community partners of Deltassist in not only funding the hampers, but delivering them through volunteer service of club members.

Horseback riding competitor and former national para-equestrian coach

Posted by Peter Roaf on Oct 12, 2021

Langley based Andrea Taylor spoke to Ladner Rotary members about her international level equestrian experience and that of National Team Coach for Para-Equestrian Canada. Andrea is credited for guiding Canada's Para-Equestrian team to results at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Paralympic Games. Rider Lauren Barwick won individual gold and silver medals. She was awarded the Petro Canada Coaching Excellence Award in recognition of her coaching achievements at the 2008 Paralympic Games.

Rotary fights disease

Posted on Oct 11, 2021

400 million people in the world can’t afford or do not have access to basic health care. Disease results in pain and poverty for millions worldwide. That’s why treating and preventing disease is so important to Rotary as one of its seven areas of focus.

Ladner Village revitalization

Posted by Peter Roaf on Oct 05, 2021

Since the City of Delta (then the Municipality of Delta) drafted the Ladner Area Plan in 1998, the centre of Ladner Village has been under planning discussion. Now a specific plan is emerging. The City of Delta's Deputy Director of Community Planning and Development James Klukas presented an update of this planning to Ladner Rotary on October 5, 2021. Delta Councillor Dylan Kruger also spoke to the club.

Rotary International Citation for Ladner Rotary

Posted on Sep 28, 2021

The international Rotary Citation is the most significant award a Rotary club can achieve. Rotary Club of Ladner has received its Rotary Citation for our performance in 2020-21 from Rotary International's President for that year, Holger Knaack.

Indigenous Education in Delta

Posted by Peter Roaf on Sep 28, 2021

All students and Delta staff will benefit from a deeper understanding of Canada’s history of colonization and its influence on current relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people when they embark on a journey towards reconciliation. Diane Jubinville, Delta School District Vice-Principal, Indigenous Education Department, and Heide Wood, an Educator in the School District's Indigenous Education Department, spoke to Ladner Rotary members on September 28, 2021.

Enhancing and empowering out of mental illness

Posted by Peter Roaf on Sep 21, 2021

Psychiatric Nurse Jason Procyshyn explains the value of psychosocial rehabilitation (psychiatric rehabilitation) and programs provided in promoting personal recovery, successful community integration and satisfactory quality of life for persons who have a mental illness or a mental health and/or substance use concern.

Wills, Estate Planning, and Power of Attorney

Posted on Sep 14, 2021

There have been significant changes to estate law in BC over the past few years. We all need a will at every age and need to update our estate plans regularly.

Sport, Success and contributing to your community

Posted by Peter Roaf on Aug 31, 2021

Ladner resident, Michael Edgson, who is partially blind, is Canada’s most decorated Paralympian. He competed internationally as a swimmer in able bodied as well as para events. Having won 18 Gold and 3 Silver medals, and set 9 World Records during his career as a Paralympic Swimmer, he carried the Canadian flag during the closing ceremonies at the 1988 Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Flags raised for Labour Day

Posted on Aug 28, 2021

Labour Day is the second of three occasions in the year when Ladner and area residents and businesses Raise A Flag in support of community service projects. The Rotary Club of Ladner has been signing up people in our community who pay $60 per season for a flag of Canada on a 10-foot pole to be installed for a week on their front lawn or nearby. The other two occasions in the season are Canada Day and Remembrance Day. The Rotary Club of Tsawwassen has been providing this service to residents of that community. Thank you to all our subscribers and to our work party volunteers who install and remove the flags. photos by Chris Offer

Special needs picnic in the park

Posted by Peter Roaf on Aug 15, 2021

About 40 special needs adults and their family or guardians, in the Family and Peer Support Group, came to Rotary Park, next to Delta City Hall, on August 15, 2021, to participate in the annual summer picnic which the Rotary Club of Ladner sponsors every year for the group. Members of the group as always were grateful for the chance to enjoy the outdoor event, with tasty food and games, which, they say, makes a difference in their lives. Ladner Rotary also sponsors a Christmas dinner for the group. Thank you to Mike and Kathy Storey and to Arthur and Geraldine Birk for organizing this event, along with 12 other Ladner Rotary volunteers. -- photos Chris Offer

Conservative MP candidate speaks up ahead of anticipated election

Posted on Aug 10, 2021

Speaking to the Rotary Club of Ladner on August 10th, Conservative party candidate for Delta in the next federal election, Garry Shearer, talked about what he had learned about the community over the past three years.

StoryWalk trail gets a new story for August

Posted by Peter Roaf on Aug 08, 2021

The StoryWalk reading and activity trail for children and families in Ladner gets a new story for August in the monthly exchange of stories. -- photos by Chris Offer

Rotary International President new nominee 2023-24 former guest of Ladner Rotary

Posted by Peter Roaf on Aug 06, 2021

Guest of Ladner Rotary in February, Gordon McInally, a member of the Rotary Club of South Queensferry, Lothian, Scotland, is nominated to become President of Rotary International for 2023-24. Gordon spoke to our club about Scotland. He lauded Rotary’s ability to adapt technologically during the COVID-19 pandemic -- an example being his speaking to our club from afar via Zoom -- saying the approach should continue and be combined with the best of our past practices as Rotary seeks to grow and increase engagement.

He says, “We have learned there is a willingness within communities to care for one another, and we must ensure that we encourage people who have recently embraced the concept of volunteering to join us to allow them to continue giving service.”

Police highlights in Delta

Posted by Peter Roaf on Aug 03, 2021

The death of an off duty corrections officer, who was recently shot in a North Delta shopping mall, has led to protocols developed by Delta Police with local retailers about what to do in the event of a similar incident to protect themselves and their customers. Ladner Rotarian, Acting Sergeant Ken Kirk, provided this update at our club meeting on August 3rd. The theft of catalytic converters, especially from larger vehicles, has been increasing, now even in daylight from the middle of shopping malls, he reported. A driver can have their catalytic converter etched with their identification, through Delta Police Department, and a bike rider, their bike registered, in case of theft. Stolen property has been returned through that kind of system. Delta Police continues to serve, and work with, Tsawwassen First Nation, as well as all of Delta. Volunteers' contributing to community policing had dropped off during the past year or so of pandemic restrictions, but will be picking up again this Fall. Once again, Delta residents are encouraged to keep an eye out for any threats to security and safety and report them to police: "No call too small."

Delta Member of Parliament looks back on 18 months, and forward

Posted by Peter Roaf on Jul 27, 2021

Excerpts from a presentation about the past 18 months in Canada and federal policies planned or enacted, which Hon. Carla Qualtrough, MP, Delta, and Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion gave to the Rotary Club of Ladner on July 27, 2021, are reported below.

Paul Harris Fellow Award to Shirvan Bakhtiyari

Posted on Jul 27, 2021

Paul Harris Fellow honourees are individuals who meet high professional and personal standards set forth by Paul Harris, the founder of Rotary International. Honourees may have contributed more than US $1000 to The Rotary Foundation or may be recognized with this award by their club for extraordinary service above self. After many months, Shirvan Bakhtiyari, of Millenium Pacific Greenhouses in Delta, received his Paul Harris Award on July 27, 2021.

Pania Lincoln officially joins Ladner Rotary

Posted on Jul 27, 2021

After many months of active participation in Ladner Rotary projects, Pania Lincoln was finally sworn in as a new member, in person, on July 27, 2021. Welcome Pania.

Funding relief going to Lytton fire evacuees

Posted by Peter Roaf on Jul 27, 2021

Dozens of families, among the more than 1,000 people suddenly forced to flee their homes in Lytton, BC when fire swept through most of the town on June 30th, so far have received from many Rotary members in this region $10,000 in gift cards plus $4,000 in fuel cards and supplies, as requested by leaders of the destroyed community. These funds are half of the total $28,000 in funds Rotary has raised to date for the BC Wild Fire Relief fund through the club in Steveston community of Richmond.

children's StoryWalk open for reading and physical literacy

Posted by Peter Roaf on Jul 13, 2021

The StoryWalk, with a two-page spread of a story book at each of 21 stations along a 1 km section of the Millenium Trail in Ladner, is now open for children and families. The stories will be changed every month throughout the year, promoting reading literacy and physical literacy. The project is outlined in the following CBC Radio interview with project leader, Tammy Hansen, on July 13, 2021. photos by Chris Offer

Video review of productive Ladner Rotary year in 2020-21

Posted by Peter Roaf on Jul 01, 2021

Video review of the challenging, yet productive, 2020-21 year of Ladner Rotary during the pandemic, from community and international service projects to guest speakers from near and far.

Ladner Rotary's glorious golfers

Posted on Jun 24, 2021

Team Ladner Rotary foursome played in the June 24th Delta Chamber of Commerce annual golf tournament at Tsawwassen Golf Club: Ulf Ottho; Richard Shantz; Brian Smith; John Thomas. Ulf won the award for coming closest to the "tooth", an award undoubtedly sponsored by a dentist or dental supply company.

We're listening as we Raise A Flag

Posted by Peter Roaf on Jun 30, 2021

Rotary's Raise A Flag program in South Delta has coincided with a period of national mourning with the discovery of remains of children from the Tk’emlùps te Secwèpemc First Nation in unmarked graves at the residential school in Kamloops, and more recently in Saskatchewan.

Planning and development of the Raise A Flag program, by the Rotary Clubs of Ladner and Tsawwassen, began months ago to provide a means for local residents and businesses to demonstrate national pride on special occasions, and raise funds for projects which contribute to our communities where there is need.

Ladner Rotary board installed for 2021-22

Posted on Jun 29, 2021

Denis Denischuk became the 64th President of the Rotary Club of Ladner at the Installation ceremony on June 29, 2021 as Rotary 5040 District Governor Elect Lorne Calder swore him in as well as the board of directors for 2021-22, effective July 1, 2021.

Ladner Rotarian of the Year

Posted on Jun 29, 2021

Rotarian of the Year

The Rotary Club of Ladner's Rotarian of the Year 2020-21 is Richard Shantz. Congratulations and thanks to Richard, who received a Paul Harris Fellow +7 Award pin, for:
• member Satisfaction for Fundraising was rated in a recent survey at 77% (up from 59% in 2020);
• Pumpkins for Polio fundraiser in October achieved, with matching grant, a total of US$2,580 which will save 857 children from the lifetime crippling disease of polio, even death;
• Shred-A-Thon fundraisers in Fall and Spring raised $8,000 for 50 needy Delta families at Christmas, StoryWalk for thousands of children and families, and a food pantry for needy high school students;
• flagpole rentals can lead to $12,000 to fund future community projects.

Europe and Africa a major part of Rotary's global operations

Posted on Jun 22, 2021

Almost 300,000 members of Rotary, out of the total 1.2 million worldwide, in almost 9,000 clubs throughout 114 countries, are served by the Europe Africa Rotary office in Zürich, Switzerland. The office was been operating there since 1925, the earliest office after the headquarters in the Chicago area's Evanston, Illinois, which opened in 1911.

Interact rocks, at Delta Secondary

Posted on Jun 15, 2021

The President of the 40-member Interact Club at Delta Secondary School in Ladner, which is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Ladner, and her fellow club member, presented a summary of their highly productive year despite pandemic restrictions.

Final flagpoles prep work party

Posted on Jun 13, 2021

Flag stands needed metal cutting and power grinding as the final phase of prep before distribution of the first round of Canadian flags on poles, out of three rounds this year, to those renting them in the Ladner area as a demonstration of national pride. Flagpoles at residences and businesses can be rented for one week around Canada Day, Labour Day and Remembrance Day for $60 each flag, on all three occasions, to support local community projects in the coming months. For more information. -- photos by Mike Storey

Schools coming out of COVID

Posted on Jun 08, 2021

Covid-19 has presented numerous challenges to Delta Schools. These include closed schools, online learning, mask policies, loss of international students, and ensuring the health of students and staff during the pandemic. Delta School District Trustee Laura Dixon and District Superintendent of Schools Doug Sheppard speak about the impact in Delta and what to expect in September.

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The international Rotary Citation is the most significant award a Rotary club can achieve. Rotary Club of Ladner received its Rotary Citation for its performance in 2020-21.

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Rotary Club of Ladner

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For the 13th consecutive year, The Rotary Foundation has received the highest rating — four stars — from Charity Navigator, an independent evaluator of charities in the U.S. The Foundation earned the recognition for adhering to sector best practices and executing its mission in a financially efficient way, demonstrating both strong financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency. Only one percent of the organizations Charity Navigator evaluates have received 13 consecutive 4-star evaluations.

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District Governor 2021-2022 Lorne Calder

Nov 02, 2021 12:00 PM

Vision of Rotary International, "Serve to Change Lives".

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Nov 09, 2021

Remembrance Day and the Ladner Memorial Park Cenotaph/World War Heroes

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Rotary Club of Ladner is a diverse group of men and women of all ages who are business and professional leaders working together in fellowship as people of action to give back to our local community and communities around the world. We are among Rotary's 1.2 million members in 35,000 clubs working together in “service above self”, promoting peace, fighting disease, providing clean water, sanitation & hygiene, saving mothers and children, supporting education, and growing local economies. For information on membership in the Rotary Club of Ladner please contact membership chair: Lynn Cameron or 604-240-7411