Since 1959, REACH Child and Youth Development Society has served neurodiverse children and youth with support needs and their families in Delta, Surrey, White Rock, and Langley, B.C. REACH is dedicated to building inclusive, accessible, supportive societies where all individuals flourish. The aim is to ensure optimum growth and development for young people, empowering them and their families to make informed decisions that shape their futures, while highlighting strengths, honoring diversity and individuality, and enhancing their quality of life, fostering lifelong self-determination.
ROTARY'S VISION:
TOGETHER WE SEE A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE UNITE AND TAKE ACTION TO CREATE LASTING CHANGE
TOGETHER WE SEE A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE UNITE AND TAKE ACTION TO CREATE LASTING CHANGE
ACROSS THE GLOBE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND IN OURSELVES.
We serve our community on the shared, traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the sc̓əwaθən (Tsawwassen), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), and other Coast Salish Peoples with our appreciation.
The President of our Rotary International network of 1.4 million worldwide members, Stephanie Urchik (in photo), the Chair of The Rotary Foundation and General Secretary/CEO of Rotary International confirm to Rotary members and all our communities served, that Rotary keeps its focus on service and values in these turbulent times in this message.
Saving Lives at Sea. That's the mission of the Canadian Lifeboat Institution (CLI). For the past 44 years, CLI has provided marine search and rescue and non-revenue marine services in the coastal waters around Richmond, Delta, Surrey, New Westminster, the Fraser River, Strait of Georgia, Vancouver, Victoria, and elsewhere including Washington State. During that time CLI has actively participated in 5,000 incidents in cooperation with other search and rescue organizations.
To comfort Arthur Birk's daughter, who has been battling some health issues, Rotary Club of Ladner former president and honourary member, Patricia Sibley, presents a quilt of comfort to Arthur from the Boundary Bay Quilters' Guild.
Ladner Rotarian Avis Glaze gave this invocation the meeting of Rotary Club of Ladner members on April 8, 2025. In her book, Something Lost, Something Gained, Hilary Clinton stated that in 2023, the U.S. Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, released two landmark advisories that crystalized many of her concerns. The first warned of “a growing epidemic of loneliness and isolation", fueled, in part, by the negative effects of social media, which threatens American's personal health and the health of their de1nocracy. The second showed how heavy social media use among teenagers in driving the increase in depression, anxiety and other mental health challenges. In the past, surgeons general have, at crucial moments, sounded the alarm about major crises and threats, such as HIV/AIDS and obesity.
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