Working towards a drug free community, Little House Society partnered with Rotary Club of Ladner to celebrate Canada's 150th Anniversary and raise funds for Little House with a BBQ at Kirkland House in Ladner on July 23, 2017.
The 1,133 people living in the remote village of Ban Xiengda, in northern Laos, must trek 1.5 km downhill to retrieve whatever water they can carry back uphill to their homes. With the village population expected to triple within five years, the supply of water is more important than ever.
Peter Podovinikoff lines up to pot the red ball in the side pocket
Through a request from local district water and hygiene authorities to the Rotary led Adopt A Village In Laos program, the Rotary Club of Ladner has undertaken to lead an international service project of Rotary to develop a CDN$45,000 water delivery system for the village with the participation of other clubs in Rotary District 5040.
A Beer and Burger Night fund-raiser for the project, at the Royal Canadian Legion in White Rock, drew 30 Ladner Rotarians and friends on July 13, 2017.
For community leadership, interest in a technical career and, in honour of our local farming heritage, interest in plant science, three Delta Secondary School students received scholarships from the Rotary Club of Ladner at the school's Valedictory Ceremony on June 27, 2017.
Rotary Club of Ladner New Generations Chair (youth), Tammy Hansen (left), presents the Ladner Rotary Sustainability scholarship to Shelby Brubacher
Park Planner for the Corporation of Delta Linda Nielsen, left, receives a cheque from Irene Forcier, Chair of the Rotary Club of Ladner Splash Park Committee – thanks to Rotary and various sponsors and donors -- for deposit in trust towards the splash park project in a $600,000 partnership for completion in May 2018.
The Rotary Club of Ladner welcomes its newest member, Dr. Avis Glaze, who was recently identified as one of the most inspiring women every educator should know. From her earliest days in Jamaica, as a young girl who was driven to teach others to read, to her rapid rise through all levels of the school system to become the founding CEO of the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat and Ontario’s Education Commissioner, Glaze has been a persistent voice in the belief that there should be no ‘throw-away kids.’
Shunsaku Okada, past president of the Rotary Club of Osaka-Midosuji Hommachi, in District 2660 Japan (right) presents a Rotary friendship banner to Ladner Rotary President Ulf Ottho on his visit to our club on July 11, 2017. photo by Penny Offer
A young Swiss family arrived in Vancouver a week ago en route to a job in the BC Interior, but they didn't make it. Wildfires have kept Barbara and Gregoire Kuehn and their four young children from reaching the ranch in Redstone, BC, west of Williams Lake, where they expected to work for the next two years. But Rotary stepped in to help. -- photo by Chris Offer
Gregoire and Barbara Kuehn and their four children, stranded in the Lower Mainland because of BC's wildfires, with Delta MP, Hon. Carla Qualtrough (right) who is leading the federal government's response to the wildfires
Members of Rotary, known around the world for their compassion, generosity and action in support of those suffering from disaster and deprivation, are focusing relief efforts on the thousands of people displaced by wildfires raging through BC. The 1,450 members of the 49 clubs in Rotary District 5040, from Greater Vancouver up the coast to Kitimat and Prince Rupert are rallying to establish the “Rotary BC Wildfire Recovery Fund.”
By working together in recent years, Mike Grandia, of the Delta Police Department and Tsawwassen First Nation (TFN) leaders and youth have achieved some excellent results such as:
> 25% reduction in calls for police services over the last three years;
> significant increase in TFN members attending drug and alcohol treatment facilities and increase in positive results when returning to the community;
> decrease in violent crime, including domestic violence. And more...
On left is the coat of arms of the Delta Police Department surrounded by TFN artwork, illustrating the link of collaboration in policing that is adapted to, and supportive of, the needs of the TFN community.
With her love of gardening and strong belief in growing food locally UBC nursing instructor, Mary Ballon, founded West Coast Seeds Ltd. 34 years ago in Vancouver. The company, now based in Ladner, has helped motivate a generation of organic gardeners on Canada’s West Coast and right across the continent.
Delta is a deepsea and river port city and serves Port Vancouver, the largest port in Canada. There are 3,300 port-related jobs in Delta, representing $180 million in wages, Gross Domestic Product generated of $260 million, municipal taxes paid by tenants and fees paid by the Port of $7 million.
Throughout British Columbia there are families who cannot meet the needs of their children for various reasons. Those 4,000 children are living under the care of foster parents. There are 2,000 foster parents who offer themselves, their families and their homes to provide skilled and caring service for those children and their families, from emergency, short term care to intensive therapeutic care. More are needed. Fostering can be challenging, demanding and frustrating, but is described as the “hardest job you’ll ever love”.
Stream of Dreams is an eco-education program, for entire schools, that educates communities about their local watershed, rivers and streams, encourages behavioural change to conserve and protect water. It's a serious, but fun, way to empower youth to make a positive environmental impact, and create a community legacy of art.
