Rotary Club of Ladner featured prominently in organizing and contributing to the 48-club Rotary District 5040 Conference May 20 to 22, 2022 in Prince George, BC. -- photos by Chris Offer and others
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Displays about the Rotary Club of Ladner's StoryWalk project (left) and about the Adopt A Village Laos project, for which Mike and Kathy Storey and the Rotary Club of Ladner have been leaders in this region | |
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Mike Storey once again was registrar for the 200+ members and guests who attended | Past District Governor Chris Offer (in action, right) worked throughout the conference, day and evening, to take over 380 photographs |
The collection of photos taken by Chris Offer provides a valuable memento for those attending and a visual report for those who could not be there. | |
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Peter Roaf (left) was moderator of a panel presentation on one of Rotary International’s seven Areas of Focus (displayed behind), on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. Seated on left was Luke Vorstermans, of RC Gibsons, on Hippo Rollers, tanks of water rolled like a wheelbarrow to transport 5 times the water a woman can transport vs the 40-pound bucket on head method in South African villages, freeing women for other tasks and more of a life. Rosette Nabuuma, of RC Kampala Nsambya, Uganda, on sani-pads program for girls in Uganda to keep them in school full time and break down barriers. Mike Storey, from RC Ladner, on Adopt A Village and water filters for families in remote villages of Northern Laos. Dr. Jianbing Li, a research scientist and engineer on a water purification system for communities in Northern BC which experienced unpotable drinking water for many years, in a number of cases, First Nations communities. | |
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Rotary District 5040’s Rotarian of the Year Award presented to Peter Roaf by District Governor Lorne Calder (centre) and Mayor of Carpinteria, California, and long standing Rotary International leader Wade Nomura, who was conference representative of this year’s Rotary International President, Shekhar Mehta, who lives in Calcutta, India. Wade has been involved in over 200 charitable Rotary projects across the globe and has been on more than 50 international project missions for Rotary, including a polio mission to India, a special passion of his as a childhood polio survivor himself. At right, celebrating with District Governor Elect John Berry and Ladner Rotary President Denis Denischuk | |
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In Memoriam Peter Podovinikoff and Tom Siba | |
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Past District Governor Penny Offer at the train station in the Central BC Railway and Forestry Museum -- named after her (4-way test not applicable) -- at the Friday evening BBQ dinner | Chu and Ruby Chu, former Ladner Rotarians |