In the Community

The Bowen Island Community Foundation has always seen sustainability of local organizations as its main priority. To that end, the foundation established a major grant program in 2011.

Rika Ruebsaat and Jon Bartlett have a love for songs about local places, a love they share with fellow musicians on Bowen.

The Ready, Set, Learn (RSL) Early Learning Fair, held Saturday, February 25, at Bowen Island Community School, was a great success.

When Pat Boston was a young health care trainee in the 60s, she was taken to a polio ward. "There were eight iron lungs in the ward," she recalls. "I will never forget that room holding eight long cylinders.

It's Heritage Week and what better way to learn about Bowen Island's history than to take a walk through the cove. On Saturday, February 25, from 10 to 11 a.m., walk leader Will Husby will meet interested islanders outside the Snug Cafe.

Heritage Week in Canada offers us a chance to celebrate our natural and cultural heritage and reflect upon our place in the natural environment.

Dorothy Lawson is full of witty remarks as she jokingly says, "It must be Heritage Week, this is where they bring out all the old stuff".

On Saturday, March 10, from 4 to 10 p.m., Bowen Island will participate in the Irving Layton nation-wide centenary celebration. The event will be held at Heather Haley's place at Cowan Point (call 778 861-4050 or email hshaley@emspace.

Willow Gilbert auditioned for the West Vancouver Strings Orchestra in June of 2010. She was accepted to play with this orchestra and just loves the experience. Willow has also played for a season with the Vancouver debut Symphony from 2009 to 2010.

This year, the youth curator program looked at the history of energy in B.C. Students were interested in a wide range of topics, including how we lived before electricity, and what type of transportation people used to get to and from the island.