Mountain Trike Available for Check Out at Bowen Library

Sally Fitz-Gibbon’s dream for Islanders with disabilities to be able to enjoy Bowen’s trails has come to fruition. An all-terrain Mountain Trike, designed for people with mobility issues, rolled into the Bowen Island library last month. It was around this time last year, while Fitz-Gibbon was volunteering at the library, that she met a couple…

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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…

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Making a Life Saving Shock Accessible

Amanda Ockeloen

By Meribeth Deen – Bowen Island Undercurrent Feb 10, 2014 at 11:00 AM First Aid instructor and former paramedic Amanda Ockeloen’s first rule of emergency response comes down to thinking ahead and formulating a plan ahead of time. As one of the leaders of Bowen Island’s Sun Run group, not only does she carry basic…

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Sleep Apnea Machine Available

Caring Circle has been donated a sleep apnea machine – a very expensive piece of equipment. If you’re in the market for one, we would be happy to pass this on for a donation to Caring Circle. Email: Caring Circle at info@caringcircle.ca

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