The Rotary Club of Ladner has received the Outstanding Club of the Year Award among the 48 clubs in Rotary District 5040.
The award was presented in Whistler earlier this month at the conference of District 5040, which includes many of the clubs in the Lower Mainland, Sea-to-Sky, Sunshine Coast and north to Kitimat.
The local club was recognized for its work to refurbish the splash park in Ladner, for giving to the community through proceeds of its calendar sales, for hands-on help to remote villages of Laos, for shipping medical equipment to needy communities overseas, and for steady growth in membership and communications.
"There's no question that our club members have worked hard on our major projects and minor ones for our community here in Ladner and around the world," said president Walt Hayward. "They have also demonstrated their generosity in giving to the Rotary Foundation, now celebrating its 100th anniversary, and to various projects for our community."
Some club members have travelled to Laos for the past three years to deliver water filters over rough roads into hills and jungles to remote villages. Others have organized the shipment of medical equipment to communities in the Philippines and Ghana.
Hayward said the award is also recognition of the community of Ladner and Delta for all the relationships the club enjoys with other groups.
"Our valuable partners in developing the splash park, such as the Corporation of Delta and various sponsors, including the Delta Agricultural Society and Westshore Terminals," Hayward says, "plus the people of South Delta and beyond who have purchased our fundraising calendars and other organizations and non-members, share in this recognition. Ladner and Delta deserve this recognition."
There are 34,000 Rotary clubs around the world with 1.2 million members.
