Delta Hospital patients, long term care residents, hospital and medical staff, and visitors are being treated to some Christmas spirit with decorations in the hospital's central courtyard Healing Garden, a project originally sponsored in part by Ladner Rotary. A team of Rotary Club of Ladner members, including a crew from Pure Sunfarms, installed the lights and seasonal figures. -- photos by Patricia Sibley and Pania Lincoln
At what is thought to be Ladner Rotary's 17th annual dinner to help celebrate Christmas with the 70-member South Delta Family and Peer Support Group for special needs adults, on December 11, 2021, it was a return to normal after last year's pandemic isolation substitute of door-to-door delivery of dinners. -- photos by Chris Offer and Peter Roaf
The December 19, 2021 episode of the national and international "Talking Rotary" podcast, hosted by Peter Tonge and Mandy Kwasnica from the Winnipeg Charleswood Rotary Club, featured Tammy Hansen from the Rotary Club of Ladner about the StoryWalk project, jointly sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of Tsawwassen and North Delta. Each of the three trails in Delta combines literacy, physical activity and community building. A transcript of this podcast is available as well. More can be found on this Ladner Rotary website and by contacting Tammy directly at: d_hansen@telus.net
Peter Podovinikoff, Ladner Rotarian of 45 years, passed away on December 13, 2021 after a lengthy, courageous battle with cancer. He was 85. Peter joined the Rotary Club of Grand Forks, BC 56 years ago. He joined Ladner Rotary in 1976. In 2008-09 he served as club president. Over many years he was an active participant in community service projects for the club and was a generous supporter of The Rotary Foundation.
For his 25 years of volunteering in support of the South Delta Family and Peer Support Group for special needs adults, Ladner Rotary honoured Allan Kiess with a Paul Harris Fellow Award. His mother, Viola Keiss, having founded the Group 25 years ago, now at age 91 gave a thank you/farewell speech as she prepares to retire, at the annual Christmas Dinner which Ladner Rotary hosted on December 11, 2021. Allan receives his Paul Harris pin and lanyard from Ladner Rotary President Denis Denischuk.
Thanks to Rotarian Wilbur Walrond, Rose Chiron/Howitt, Managing Director at Delta-based Grand Bliss Developments LTD, has received an international Paul Harris Award through Ladner Rotary. Her company creates real estate investment opportunities, but she also supports people in reaching forgiveness when they have suffered from not being able to let go of something bad that happened to them for a bright, hopeful and less painful future. She receives her Paul Harris Award from Wilbur Walrond, presented by Rotary Past District 5040 Governor Chris Offer.
Ladner Rotarian Richard Shantz received a Paul Harris Fellow Award +9, as his tenth for his generosity in donating to The Rotary Foundation over the years. Both awards were presented at the Ladner Rotary members and guests Christmas Dinner on December 14, 2021.
Restoring mangroves, a crucial ecosystem that can mitigate the effects of climate change in coastal areas, was a key focus of a Rotary delegation exploring ways to overcome environmental challenges, at the 26th United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 10, 2021. -- story by Ryan Hyland
In a greenhouse complex that once grew a variety of tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers over 25 years, in the Ladner community of Delta, now stands the high-tech Pure Sunfarms greenhouse for cannabis cultivation. Ladner Rotarians who work at the facility, and others, welcomed 14 fellow club members and guests for a tour of the site on November 30, 2021. -- photos by Lynn Cameron and Chris Offer
Ladner Rotarians and guests celebrated Christmas in fun company, with a delicious dinner and homegrown seasonal music and singalong at the Coast Tsawwassen Inn on December 14, 2021. Thanks to organizers, Ann Waldo and Avis Glaze, President Denis Denischuk and, after a late cancellation of the musician because of illness, musician Ulf Ottho, the 30 or so attending sang Christmas carols led by the choir of Arthur Birk, Patricia Sibley and Guillermo Bustos. -- video & photos by Chris Offer
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