Introducing the Brian Biddlecombe Memorial Award
By: Holly Graff Last Saturday, I had the immense pleasure of making a small presentation to our volunteer firefighters and their families […]
Historic Level of Community Impact Grants Awarded
MEDIA RELEASE Bowen Island, BC, April 6, 2022 Bowen Island Community Foundation [email protected] www.bowenfoundation.com Historic Level of Community Impact Grants Awarded This […]
2021 Community Impact Grants
The pandemic has not cooled enthusiasm among Bowen Island community organizations. Many of them turned to the Bowen Island Community Foundation (BICF) […]
Feel Gnaw-seous? A Community Impact Grant can help with that.
You know what it is. The thing that Bowen doesn’t have but you sorely wish it did. Every day it gnaws at […]
Building up a tried and true style of communication: NERP’s neighbourhood kiosks
This pandemic has changed our world and our island––physical distancing, frequent handwashing and the appearance of face masks––but imagine other emergencies in […]
Navigators helping Bowen businesses
The COVID resources can seem endless—the lists of government programs and help sites everywhere. To help Bowen businesses cut through all the […]
A “sweet” way to promote connection
On Easter weekend, the very first BICF Neighbourhood Small Grant (NSG) project was launched. The idea behind the NSG program is to […]
Changes to Neighbourhood Small Grants Program
What does community building look like during a pandemic? Public health orders to physically distance ourselves from others has had the unintended […]
BI Community Foundation establishes new fund to help the community rebound
The impact of COVID-19 is having an unprecedented impact on our community. But as is “the Bowen way,” help and assistance is […]
New Neighbourhood Small Grants help strengthen our community
In partnership with the Vancouver Foundation and Bowen Island Municipality, the Bowen Island Community Foundation launched the Neighbourhood Small Grants (NSG) Program […]