In the Community

In 2010, the Bowen Island Chamber of Commerce accomplished a great deal while facing some challenges.

Join the Bowen Island Nature Club and the Bowen Conservancy on Sunday, May 15 for a family outing to discover all about Bowen Island's largest watershed. The Grafton Lake watershed supplies drinking water to much of the island's residents.

Here are the highs and lows, as far as the weather is concerned, for April 2011. Maximum temperature: 17C Minimum temperature: 1C Maximum wind chill: -8C Maximum wind gust: 22kph Total rainfall: 122.

Need a little sunshine? The Bowen Island Community Choir is approaching its twentieth anniversary and has come a long way since those early days.

Come on out to Aaron's Run Sunday June 12 for a 10km, 5 km or 2km distance - something for everyone. All proceeds will benefit Aaron Sluggett's Scholarship Endowment Fund.

When you buy a plant at the Bowen Island Garden Club's annual plant sale, you don't just add beauty to your own garden. Monies raised at the sale go towards beautification projects of the entire island.

At Coastal Patterns Gallery, the light and warmth of the Mediterranean has morphed into the deep shelter of the rainforest.

During Emergency Preparedness Week, May 1 to 7, the Bowen Island Emergency Social Services team will be setting up an information table at various locations in our community.

An exciting exhibit featuring three well-known artists from Hornby Island will open on April 29th at the Gallery @ Artisan Square.

This month's Bowen Island Film Society presentation is Inside Job, an Oscar-winning documentary [2010] about the most recent world financial crisis, written and directed by Charles Ferguson, and narrated by Matt Damon.