Wow is a word to describe the achievements of Rotary in this region and around the world in making the world a healthier, safer, happier and more productive place to live and work. District Governor of the 49 Rotary clubs, from Metro Vancouver up the coast to Prince Rupert, Lorne Calder, visited Rotary Club of Ladner with Assistant Governor for South Delta and Richmond Dean Hseih on November 2, 2021. Lorne was the Chief Finance & Risk Officer for Integris Credit Union in Prince George from 2014 until his retirement in 2020. Prior to that, he served Integris predecessor, Prince George Savings, as Chief Financial Officer for 22 years. Lorne and Dean, with Sue Calder, Lorne's wife, view one of the stations along the Ladner Rotary StoryWalk trail for children and families. -- photos by Chris Offer
District Governor Lorne Calder is a Past President of the Rotary Club of Prince George, former Assistant Governor, former District 5040 Trainer, and Rotarian of the Year (1997 and 2011). A 25-year Rotary member with Prince George Rotary, he has served on many boards and committees for numerous other Prince George organizations, including Initiatives Prince George, the Prince George Film Commission, and the Prince George Hospice Society. In 1999-2000 he served as President of the Prince George Chamber of Commerce (1999/2000) and then on the board of the BC Chamber of Commerce. |  |
Lorne reads one of the display signs about the farming heritage of Ladner at the Ladner Rotary Splash Park | Lorne and Sue Calder with Dean Hseih at the Ladner Rotary Splash Park |
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Lorne visits the bbq grills installed by Ladner Rotary and the City of Delta at the gazebo in Memorial Park adjacent to the Ladner Rotary Splash Park | Lorne reads two pages of a storybook at one of the 21 stations along the StoryWalk trail for children and families in Ladner |
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| Lorne speaking to Ladner Rotary members | Ladner Rotarian and long time credit union community colleague, Peter Podovinikoff (left) joins President Denis Denischuk in thanking Lorne for his visit with a donation in his name to Rotary's End Polio campaign |
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Lorne presents to Past President Peter Roaf, on behalf of the club, the international Rotary Citation for meeting standards of effective club management in 2020-21 | |
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Lorne presents a certificate from the Rotary District 5040 to Ladner Rotary for its members' total contributions to The Rotary Foundation at Major Donor Level 1 level in 2020-21 to the club, represented by the club's Foundation Chair (on behalf of last year's Chair Walt Hayward), Past District Governor Chris Offer, who is also on the board of The Rotary Foundation Canada, and President Denis Denischuk | |
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