NSG Project Stories and Photos – Bowen Island Community Foundation

2024

It’s amazing how often small-scale actions can have far-reaching and lasting impacts. Those simple yet powerful ideas may also spark the motivation of others to collaborate and give back to their community too.

Small projects might blossom from simple one-time events into ‘legacy’ initiatives that start a neighbourhood “tradition” that can be grown and scaled up for years to come. Many times, all it takes is a small amount of money to get projects started that’ll make neighbourhoods better places to live and facilitate neighbours enjoying one another’s company – we ALL have gifts to share.

Take a look at the stories and photos from past Project Leaders on Bowen Island, to spark YOUR imagination for your own idea today!

Bowen Island Baseball Portable Pitching Mound

2024 NSG Stories

Eaglecliff Neighbourhood Beach Party – Shelley Koke
Bowen Island Litter Clean-up – Carolyn MacDonald
Bowen Island Baseball Portable Pitching Mound – Andrea Layzell

2023/2024

Regenerative Community Gardening for Seniors

Bishop’s Hill Community Enhancement Bus Shelter Project

Spa Night Offers and Needs Market (for Moms!)

Fruit and Nut Tree-Pruning Skills Workshops

2023/2024 NSG Stories

Regenerative Community Gardening for Seniors – Elaine Cameron

Eaglecliff Neighbourhood Beach Party – Shelley Koke

Bishop’s Hill Community Enhancement Bus Shelter Project – Laura FitzGerald

The Leaning “Tunstall Totem” Sculpture – Rafal Izdebski

Josephine Lake Butterflyway – Cindyl Arnold

Spa Night Offers and Needs Market (for Moms!) – Ashley Kwon

Support the Bees – Emiko Ando

Calming Traffic on Miller Road – Nova Pon

Little Free Library – MJ Davey

Speak The Spark Storytelling Workshop – Catriona Main

Fruit and Nut Tree-Pruning Skills Workshops – Elaine Cameron

2022

Way to Go! Poetry, Music & Conversation on End of Life

King Edward Bay Native Plant Restoration

Chess Mates – Turo Callewaert

Captains Way Colour 3 – Anne Boa

Community Garden Party – J. Elaine Cameron

Belterra Pollinator Garden – Michelle Johnson

Bluewater Basketball – Burle Konopa

Bowen Island Mental Health Activities Group – Alison Nixon

King Edward Bay Native Plant Restoration Project – Virginia Penny

Way to Go! Poetry, Music & Conversation on the End of Life – Pauline Le Bel

Low Hanging Fruit (2022 season) – Hasan Hutchinson

2021

Magic happens when neighbours connect—even if we must be physically apart. It forms friendships, creates a ripple-effect of skill-sharing and knowledge, and builds a stronger, more vibrant community.

We believe the best people to effect change in a community are the ones within it. And when we can make money less of an issue in doing so, it allows so many more creative ideas to shine.

Though the grants are small, the results are powerful. When you become a Project Leader, you join a growing network of locals – just like you – who have taken steps to better their neighbourhoods. We hope reading the stories from other Bowen Islanders will inspire you to bring YOUR idea to life today!

Captains Way Colour – Anne Boa

Neighbourhood Basketball Hoop – Francoise Janssens

Tunstall Bay Street Library – Harmony Shire Davison

TEDx Bowen Island – Sophie Walters

The Bruces’ Garden – Linda Elliott

Low Hanging Fruit – Meribeth Deen, Jennifer Zdril, Elaine Cameron, Lusungu Kayani & David Adams

Captains Way Colour: Part 2 – Kiersten Enemark

The Menorah Project of Shirat HaYam – Aryana Rayne

NERP Kiosk Emergency Hubs – Edward Wachtman, Doug Nash, Kathryn Thomson & Cynthia van Hoof Barthel

2020

In the midst of a global health crisis, the Bowen community got creative on ways to connect and share while following necessary public health protocols. We hope you’ll get inspired for YOUR next idea by reading about how your island neighbours helped this year to build community strength and resilience, foster creativity and wellbeing, and tackle social isolation.