In the Community

The Delta Police Department is supported by over 250 volunteers. With programs spread across the municipality, the department has volunteers working on a number of fronts, everything from community police stations to reserve constables.

Volunteers are the roots of strong communities. And just like roots are essential for trees to bloom, volunteers are essential for communities to bloom. Thanks to volunteers, communities grow strong and resilient.

From hunting regulations to climate change, volunteers provide advice to local government on a variety of issues.

Richard Louv's anticipated new book, Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life, is out on April 12 and, in the days leading up to Earth Day, is sure to stimulate conversations about the "nature vitamin.

Ladner's Reach Child and Youth Development Society has plans to stretch its reach across South Delta this year. Reach, a non-profit charitable organization, has been supporting families with special needs children for over 50 years now.

Hundreds have lent a hand over the decades

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It is 10 years since A Nature Guide to Boundary Bay was published and much has happened locally and globally since I described the wealth of animal and plant life in the Fraser delta.