In the Community

Are you ready for BICS annual clothing sale this Saturday?! Or does a trip like that fill you with dread? Fear not my friend, let me walk you through the steps I take for an efficient and effective one-stop shopping experience.

It will be three years in September that the Bowen Island Scout group nearly collapsed after leaders left the island and kids moved on to Outside 45.

Friday, May 5 Friday night dinner at the Legion, doors open at 5 p.m. dinner starts at 6 p.m. Tickets sell out quickly come early. Saturday May 6 Garden Club Annual Plant Sale, starting at 11 a.m., BICS.

If you’ve never heard of FOBILS (Friends of the Bowen Island Library Society) don’t beat yourself up, they are one of those highly productive and committed volunteer groups that has been running forever but not making a big deal about it.

If you amble through Crippen Park between the fish ladder and library, you might happen upon a group of small children giddily banging sticks on trees, inspecting worms, painting and listening to stories – even on the wettest days.

Friday, April 28 Friday night dinner at the Legion, doors open at 5 p.m. dinner starts at 6 p.m. Tickets sell out quickly come early. S aturday, April 29 Seedling Sale & Farmers Market at BICS 10 a.m.

On Easter Sunday Bowen Island horse owners and the Riders Association hosted Easter with horses at the meadow. We had 10 horses and over 20 riders participate. In the open division we have riders who can independently ride a horse.

At the BICS Community Playground grand opening on Wednesday April 12 it was evident that playgrounds bring out the kid in all of us.

Thirty adults are gathered in a large sunny room. We stand on blankets that represent the land. Turtle Island. Home.

Last month, the Bowen Island Lodge hosted the island’s second Philosophy Café (Café-Philo).