Rotary Club of Ladner Bulletin, January 27, 2023 (Jan 27, 2023)

January 27, 2023

"Imagine" Rotary theme float wins trophy at Tournament of Roses Parade

Posted on Jan 03, 2023

With the theme of "Serving with Imagination and Hope'', the Rotary entry, in the 135th annual Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California on January 2, 2023. won the 2023 Princess Award for most outstanding floral presentation among entries 35 feet and under in length.

Paintings capture ships and ports then and now

Posted on Jan 17, 2023

Delta resident John Horton was the first artist appointed to the Canadian Forces Artist's Programme (CFAP) in 2002 and was sent to join our Navy in the Arabian Gulf (Persian Gulf) aboard HMCS Algonquin. In earlier years John had served in the Royal Navy in the Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific Oceans. This experience contributed to his knowledge in recording scenes of our Navy in action today.

Delta Police body cams, youth, drug & firearms detection

Posted on Jan 24, 2023

When a person was poised to jump off the Alex Fraser Bridge on January 23rd, one of the first Delta Police Department members on the scene, trying to talk him out of his suicide intent, had a body cam which streamed to a fellow officer, who specializes in negotiating in volatile situations and was en route in a vehicle and who advised his colleague what to say and do until he arrived on the scene. That was one example of the value of a body cam. Delta Police Department is the first police force in BC to use body cams. Delta Police Chief Constable Neil Dubord and seven police officers, including a sniffer dog, were on hand the next day to present some of the ways the Delta Police Department serves the community.

Clean water, productive lives in Uganda

Posted on Jan 10, 2023

In Uganda, 1 in 4 people lack access to clean, safe water. Women and children will walk on average 3km, and spend 6 hours a day fetching dirty water. Then entire families will often catch Typhoid Fever from the dirty water, costing them months of wages for medicine along with lost time at school or working. Tsawwassen Rotarian Yvonne Anderson, spoke about a clean water program in Uganda which multiple Rotary clubs as well as The Rotary Foundation, through a global grant, could sponsor to lift up the lives of girls and women and all family members in a community, not only in terms of health, but economic productivity and well being.