Do you know all the secret trails on the island? Can you hike Mt. Gardner in the dark backwards? Are you happiest when you’re lost in the woods? TheMaggie Cumming Legacy Bursary might be your speed.
Maggie Cumming, a devout hiker and environmentalist, left more than her footprints on Bowen Island. She generously created a legacy fund to preserve, and expand, Bowen’s trail system. She also directed that a $500.00 award, the Maggie Cumming Legacy Bursary, be granted to a Bowen Island student of good academic standing who shares Maggie’s love of the environment and needs a little financial help. Two recipients of this bursary will be selected each year.
Review the checklist here.
To apply: Please attach all documents as one SINGLE .pdf file and send your completed application to: [email protected].
Improperly prepared applications will not be considered.
Application Deadline: 11:59pm July 5th
Maggie Cumming left her beloved island a nest egg to carry on her work of preserving its natural beauty while increasing the network of trails.
The Bowen Island Community Foundation has created a lasting memory of her generosity in this book – The Maggie Cumming Story – in celebration of Maggie Cumming’s contribution to trails and parks on Bowen Island.
Maggie’s Story can now be purchased online from Blurb –
** Click here to purchase Maggie’s Story (Paperback)
May 17th, 2014 – presentation of “Maggie’s Story” to her family and friends at the family home on Bowen.
Past MCLF Grant Recipients:
- Snug Cove House Association (Better Meals Program) – 2009, 2011, 2012
- Bowen Island Conservancy (Education re: Headwater Park) – 2011
- Bowen Island Municipality Greenways Committee (Headwater Park Boardwalk) – 2009
Past MCL Scholarship Recipients:
2022 Kylee Lightbody, Aria Willis, Alexandra Forbes & Oskar Knowles Dekker
2021 Lucy Griffiths & Kylee Lightbody
2020 Karina Jorgensen-Fullam & Claire Squire
2018 Bowen Wright
2017 Olivia Vallee and Emily Carlington
2016 Phillip Bement and Rebecca Underdown
2012 Annie Faragher
2011 Charlotte Rose
2009 Emily Allen