POLIO PLUS JOINT MEETING with Ladner Rotary Club - NOTE
CHANGE OF OUR REGULAR MEETING DATE -Tuesday, October 27th at NOON till
1:00 pm - location Delta Hospital. Cost will be 20.00 per person, all
of which will be donated to Polio Plus on behalf of our two clubs. We
will have coffee and muffins, no actual lunch. NO MEETING THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 29TH.
Photos of the dedication of the Raised Gardens at KinVillage are available by clicking here - Link to Photos
On
Wednesday, October 07 Tsawwassen Rotarians and members of the
KinVillage (formally known as the Kinsmen Retirement Centre) celebrated
the completion of eight raised planter boxes built by a team of
dedicated Tsawwassen Rotarians
for the newly formed garden club. The planters were built high for better access and the paths between them are poured concrete to facilitate wheel chair access.
The
celebration included a dedication by John Lusted, the recreation
director and Tom Smith the club president. Several people participated
in the planting of the first seeds and bulbs. Following the event there
was a BBQ for all of the participants.
President Marilyn traveled to Victoria with Rotarians Leslie Abrahamson and John Anderson to meet with Steven L. Point, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia who ageed to make a video taped address for the Rotary Youth Awards presentations. The taping was professionally recorded by Rotarian Deneka Michaud for her Delta TV show, 'Plugged In'.
Rotary Director Rick Lewall, shares the joy with Ken Kozar and Rotary President Marilyn Rafter when Ken picked up his $5,000 first prize win for the Rotary Masters Golf Pool.More...
Marilyn Rafter, President of Tsawwassen Rotary shares memories of the Wine Gala fundraiser put on by Chef Roland Smith of Illuminaté Restorante as a very successful and fun fundraiser that supports local and international projects.
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By Donna Polydoros Rotary International News -- 10 March 2009
Michaud gets ready to shoot footage for her documentary, Friends We Haven't Met Yet. Courtesy of the Tsawwassen-Tanzania Group Study Exchange team.
Note: This promotional tool for recruiting Rotarians and GSE team members is available for $20 with proceeds going to the Rotary projects; contact Deneka by email or call 778-840-5122.
Rotarian Laureen McCleery (left), Delta library manager Rita Penco, Rotary Club of Tsawwassen and Point Roberts president Marilyn Rafter and Rotarian Alex Tappert at Tsawwassen Library?s fireplace corner.
A documentary of an African Adventure sponsored by Rotary
Deneka Michaud proudly held the World Premiere of her feature length film, Friends we haven't met yet. The fascinating 105 minute documentary details the 2008 adventure of five Canadian women who participated in a Rotary Group Study Exchange visit to Tanzania. It is a story of discovery that extends friendship and fellowship from East Africa to Canada's west coast and shows the universal power of Rotary.
Jill Moore sends photos and an update from her Alliance for Smiles Mission to Santiago, Philippines.
The 1st Web Album has general interest photos. Click here and select "Slideshow".
The second Web Album has some graphic medical content. Just ignore this link if you do not wish to see these photos. To view click here and select "Slideshow".
Bridget Sangster left the comfort of Tsawwassen and took leave from an interesting professional job for a chance to change many lives.
The 24-year-old volunteered to work with the Uganda Rural Fund in the small village of Kyetume. Although Sangster doesn't work alone, she is certainly a big part of the reason good things are happening in this area of rural Uganda.
The Delta Optimist published news of the Fire Engines for El Salvador project in the Saturday, January 19, 2008 edition:
Longtime Ladner resident and retired executive Ralph Towsley feels proud and satisfied a network he helped create saves lives each year.
Shipping three decommissioned and refurbished Vancouver fire engines to El Salvador is the latest milestone achieved by the Rotary World Help Network Towsley created with other Rotarians.
This picture and caption were published in the Jan. 18, 2008 South Delta Leader.
Thanks to the financial help from Rotary Clubs across the Lower Mainland, including Ladner and Tsawwassen, three decommissioned fire trucks were donated to officials in El Salvador where fire protection services are scarce. The official hand over took place Jan. 14 at Vancouver City Hall. Chris Offer photo
Faster response! Tsawwassen Rotarians help get wheels rolling in El Salvador
By Kristine Thiessen - South Delta Leader - December 21, 2007
Hands on- Delta firefighter Rennie Hanson (top left) shows local Rotarians (from top right) Bryan Kelly, Don Rodgers, and Jim Northey the ropes of his pumper truck. The Tsawwassen Rotary Club, along with other Lower Mainland chapters, are helping send decommissioned, but still usable, fire trucks to El Salvador. Tyler Garnham photo
In the Wednesday, December 19, 2007 Delta Optimist the following story was published:
The Rotary Club of Tsawwassen has partnered with firefighters from Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services, donating $2,500 to help cover the cost of shipping three fire engines to the fire service of El Salvador, as part of the Engines for El Salvador project.
El Salvador is a country of 6.5 million people currently served by 375 firefighters. In comparison, B.C., with a population of just over four million, is served by 3,500 professional firefighters.
The hope is this donation will allow the El Salvadoran firefighters to expand their range of services, and increase their ability to provide fire/rescue and medical response.
There will be an official handover ceremony at Vancouver City Hall on Jan. 14. Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan and Vancouver fire chief Ray Holdgate will present the three fire engines to the El Salvadoran consulate general during this ceremony.
Elephants are being used to help clear debris from the roads clogged with the devistation caused by Cyclone Sidr. Rotary responds to the disaster in Bangladesh by immediately dispatching ShelterBoxes and volunteers. Full story reported by BBC.
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Brushing up-Tsawwassen dental hygienist Jill Moore applauds success of a young Chinese patient learning to brush her teeth during her recent trip to the northern city of Harbin. Thanks to the generosity of South Delta school children, Moore was able to distribute the 2,500 toot brushes they collected for her overseas visit. Story by Philip Raphael and photo published in the South Delta Leader, Nov. 3, 2007.More...
Through the efforts of Rotarian Jill Moore over 2,000 K to Grade 8 Tsawwassen students will experience an imaginative and high energy anti bullying program. With the assistance of the Interact Club the elementary students will be bussed to SDSS for one of the three October 26 concerts. The report was published in the Oct. 20, 2007 Delta Optimist.
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The South Delta Leader Oct 12 edition has a story on the pending development of the Healing Garden at Delta Hospital. Everyone at DeltaHospital, including Foundation team member Stacey Boyda, is looking forward to enjoying the HealingGarden soon to be created by Tsawwassen and Ladner Rotary Clubs.
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Jim Northey leads Rotarians packing timbers at Boundary Bay Earthwise Garden is the caption used for the picture accompanying the September 29, 2007 story published in the Delta Optimist. To read the full story click
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A warm sun and hot coffee overcame the Saturday morning chill as Rotarians and Earthwise volunteers gathered at Boundary Bay Earthwise Garden to assemble a wheelchair accessible greenhouse as well as an entrance arbour and fence. However they discovered the contributed material was a puzzle of parts and sizes which prevented completing the project in the available time. Great progress was made and shortly we expect work will resume. To enjoy the pictures click see photos When the window opens select "Slideshow".
YOUTH INTER-ACTION - The South Delta Leader published this photo and following caption: Teacher and Rotarian James Brown (left) joined the new Interact Club of Tsawwassen, displaying the group's charter just presented by Rotary district governor Dean Rohr on the right. Left to right next to Brown are Michelle Danard, Samantha Davie, Hannah Morris (behind) and Arzina Nurani. Last year South Delta students Johanna Johnson and Courtney McQuarrie committed to have fun while improving the community and world. With the encouragement and support of Brown and fellow Rotarians Gail McEwan and Jill Moore, they established a provisional club for high school youth interested in positive international action.
For the Terry Fox Run our Rotarians staffed two water stations. Here Brian Coe, Gerry Kilcup, Jim Northey and Eleanor McWhannel avoid the rain as they wait for runners.
A traditional Chinese medicne specialist preparing for a business trip to Harbin, China learned of Jill Moore's Alliance For Smiles trip through the media. When the Vancouver Centennial Rotarian decided to contact her while in China it radically changed his trip.
"What can you expect when you put men, mud and a boat together?" reports the Delta Optimist in coverage of our Rotary work party at Centennial Beach Park.
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On Saturday Aug. 18/07 a Rotary work party of 18 had fun while cleaning the pond at Centennial Beach Park. To see a photo essy showing the fun as well as invention of the wheel click HERE ! Full story, click
Over 300 local residents joined Tsawwassen Rotarians and our First Nation neighbors at the dedication the Returning Sockeye sculpture as the centerpiece of Rotary Square at Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall. View photo essay Here; read full story by clicking
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To see photos of the opening of Rotary Square, the Sunshine Parade, the Pancake Breakfast, the Presidents Ball, Owl, Humane Society, and Boys and Girls Club, plus many others click HERE.
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