Archive for July 2016
Bowen’s New Mountain Trike has Arrived!
Many of you will remember Sally Fitz-Gibbon’s great idea, and her successful application to the Bowen Island Community Foundation for a grant enabling the Bowen Island Library Foundation to buy a Push Mountain Trike. Just recently, the eagerly-anticipated mountain trike arrived on the Island! The trike will enable people with mobility issues to experience our…
Read MorePsychiatry on Bowen Island
Most people are referred to me because they are in distress. However, the majority, especially older folk, also have physical problems which are treated by their family physicians. It is easy to overlook the fact that psychiatric problems characterized by depression, distress, anxiety and so forth, are more often than not accompanied by physical ailments…
Read MoreCaring Circle Receives $15,000 Funding Boost
West Vancouver-Sea-to-Sky MLA Jordan Sturdy presented Caring Circle program director Colleen O’Neil with a $15,000 provincial gaming grant last week. The money will support ongoing programming at Caring Circle, which has helped 1,032 people access health care on Bowen Island in the last three years. – See more at: http://www.bowenislandundercurrent.com/community/caring-circle-receives-15-000-funding-boost-1.2308558#sthash.PMAjYNPz.dpuf
Read MoreCaring Circle Responds to BIM Council and Grants Committee
Hello Mayor and Council, (cc to: Granting Committee of Council) The Caring Circle Board would like to thank Mayor Murray Skeels, and Councillors Gary Ander, Melanie Mason and Maureen Nicholson for their willingness to talk to us regarding Council’s decision to amend the funding recommendation from the Granting Committee of Council. This decision resulted in…
Read MoreCommunity Lunch this Tuesday, July 26th
Adult Community Lunches are served at the Legion on Tuesdays just drop in on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month from 11:30 – 1:00 pm. $5.00 for gourmet soup, artisan breads, dessert, tea & coffee and the company of friends! Transportation is available just call Caring Circle at 9100. The Community Lunch program…
Read MoreCommunity Lunch tomorrow!
Adult Community Lunch tomorrow, Tuesday July 12, just drop in from 11:30 – 1:00 pm. $5.00 for gourmet soup, artisan breads, dessert, tea & coffee and the company of friends! This week’s soups are: Tuscan tomato soup with roasted red peppers and cream (gluten-free) and Greek meatball with potatoes and spinach. Transportation is available just…
Read MoreBoard Member Opportunity
The Caring Circle Health and Wellness Society of Bowen Island envisions a community where all people feel safe, connected and healthy by linking individuals to health services, social programs, and each other – all for free. Caring Circle seeks to appoint 2 new Board members this year. We are looking for Bowen Island residents wishing…
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