The City of Atlantis, 60 km north of Cape Town, South Africa, is a community of "coloureds" with a high unemployment rate and lower income residents. Rotary Club of Ladner donated CDN$15,000, of club funds and a grant of $5,000 from The Rotary Foundation District 5040 Grant, to that community through the Rotary Club of Atlantis.Waldy Kastoor and Danny Pietersen, of Atlantis Rotary, spoke to Ladner Rotary on May 20, 2025, via zoom, on the school projects supported by this donation, with their thanks: feeding children; renovated kitchen and toilet facilities; school gardens; teaching children to grow vegetables. Read More to view their presentation on improvements made with the Ladner Rotary and District Grant donation.
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.
Rotary Club of Ladner members give a warm welcome to Fortis (BC) Energy Inc. Community Relations Officer Joanne Hunton-Sehdev and Community Relations Manager Courtney Hodson who were inducted as corporate members of the club from their company at a ceremony on May 13, 2025. Denis Denischuk presents a Rotary pin to Courtney as Penny Offer looks on.
Established in 1993 and Sanctioned by Rotary International in September 1997, Rotary World Help (RWH) is dedicated to making a meaningful impact by providing medical and educational supplies to communities in need around the world. Rotary Club of Ladner is one of the 45 Rotary Clubs as members of Rotary World Help collaborating to drive humanitarian efforts globally. In the past 27 years RWH has sent 470 shipping containers loaded with medical, dental and educational equipment supplies to 61 countries, some many times over, helping an estimated 13.6 million people. RWH operates from a warehouse in Coquitlam at the Riverview Site, where teams pick up, organize and then load containers with equipment no longer needed by our health, dental and educational communities. For a copy of the 2024 Annual Report, please Read More
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.
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.
Read more posted earlier in Recent News - Ladner Rotary
William Thornton, CEO, BC & Alberta Guide Dogs
May 27, 2025
Update on there Capital Campaign for the much improved Ladner facility.
Installation of President Brian Coe and his Board
Jun 10, 2025
Installation of the President and Directors for Rotary Year 2025-2026 - "United for Good".
Rotarian Simbarashe Basvi, Rector & Theologian
Jun 17, 2025
Biblically based Creation Care Agriculture and how it helps mitigate Climate Change.