Posts by Julia McCaig
September community lunches are a go!
The Community Lunches are indeed going ahead in September – we’ve just been advised that the Legion is now available for the month of September, so our team kicked into high gear and is raring to go! Just drop into the Legion on Tuesday the 13th and 27th this month from 11:30 – 1:00 pm.…
Read MoreNextGen Hearing – Collins Hall this Wed. Aug. 31
Free Hearing Screening Test or a free clean and check of your hearing aids. NextGen Hearing will hold a clinic at Collins Hall this Wednesday August, 31 from 10:45 to 3:30. They will once again be offering free Hearing Tests and introducing a free Hearing Aid Clean and Check Clinic. Hearing aids should be checked…
Read MoreLegion Lunch this Tuesday August 23 – Collins Hall
African peanut chicken and Summer vegetable and barley are on the menu! They will be served at Collins Hall for the month of August. 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…
Read MorePublic Health Nurse tomorrow at Caring Circle
Andrea Firth, VCH Public Health Nurse for 0-5 year olds will be available at Caring Circle – see poster here for more details
Read MoreMountain 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…
Read MoreBowen’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…
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