Sending up to five youth to Rotary Youth Leadership Awards leadership development camp in the Spring is one of the causes focused on community service supported by proceeds from the sale of Rotary Club of Ladner lottery calendars last Fall, made possible by our community and sponsors. Delta Life Skills also shared in sales proceeds.
painting of duck by M. Strain, member of the South Delta Artists' Guild, which contributed 12 paintings to feature in the 2018 lottery calendar fund-raiser
After many hundreds of volunteer hours, especially from September to December, support from 56 sponsors and tremendous support from the South Delta community, the Rotary Club of Ladner has generated over $25,000.00 gross sales through its 13th annual calendar and lottery sales project. Proceeds will support up to five young people to attend RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards), a leadership development camp on the Sunshine Coast, and one young person to attend Adventures in Citizenship in Ottawa to learn more about our federal government.
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painting by A. deVos Möller, featured in calendar | painting by G. Sheppard |
 painting by U, Ottho |  George Bates, Vice President, Delta Life Skills (2nd right) receives cheque for share of calendar sales, from (l to r) President Ulf Ottho, Irene Forcier and Lynn Cameron |
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Calendar sales proceeds in part sponsor up to five youth to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) leadership development camp in the Spring on the Sunshine Coast | |
In the past two years, most of Ladner Rotary’s share of calendar sales have been allocated to replacing the 30-year-old water play area with the Ladner Rotary Splash Park, in Ladner’s Memorial Park, in partnership with the City of Delta, scheduled to open this summer.
Some past projects supported through the calendar lottery sales include: Delta Life Skills, Delta Youth Band, Delta Senior Secondary Youth Scholarships, Reach Child Development, Grieving Room Delta Hospital, The Garden Delta Hospital, Delta Mental Health, The Little House, Community Police Cruisers just to mention a few.
The contribution of this year’s 56 sponsors pays for production and printing of the calendar and 62 lottery prizes drawn throughout 2018, in amounts ranging from $100 to $1,000, as governed by the BC Gaming Commission.
The 2018 calendar features 12 paintings by members of the South Delta Artists’ Guild.