Camp Bowen
Unit #0233 - 380 Cardena Dr. V0N 1G1 Bowen Island, BC, Canada

Happy December From Our Family to Yours #BIRTMC #BuildingTheFuture #BowenIsland

Student Voices: Elizabeth Lalonde

It has been interesting to read the entries that have come in so far. If you haven’t participated yet, the deadline is December 31.

Reminder of COVID Connection Round-Table Discussions Hosted Each Wednesday

An Update on the Writing Challenge

Happy White Cane Day!!! Find out about the white cane, why this day is important, and more... https://bowenislandcentre.ca//happy-white-cane-day-%E2%8/

This is the kind of attitude we want to encourage every camper and student to embrace.

Student Spotlight: Jinnie Saran, shared from PTCB #BIRTMC

Happy International Day of Deafblindness

Featured Friday: Johnny Tiger addressing the 2014 CFB Convention on Self

Camp Bowen 2020 Cancellation Notice Due to COVID-19

Nexwlélexwm, The Squamish Name for Bowen Island

Calling All Blind, Low Vision, and Deafblind Writers in Canada, A Fun Writing Challenge

Calling All Bowen Island Writers, A Fun Community Writing Challenge

Calling All Writers: A Story and Poetry Challenge for All Ages

Corona Virus (COVID19) Update From the Bowen Island Accessibility Group and Camp Bowen Society for Thursday, March 19, 2020

Corona Virus (COVID19) Update From BIAG for Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Connecting People with Phone and Online Grocery Options

Thanks to Braille we can read, work, and be creative independently. Happy #WorldBrailleDay!!!

Are you looking for a new volunteer opportunity? Do you want to join a fast-growing, energetic, creative, and diverse team dedicated to making the world a bette...r place? The Camp Bowen Innovations Society is an organization dedicated to creating funding sources for the work of the Camp Bowen Society for the iNdependence of the Blind and Deafblind (often simply called the Camp Bowen Society) while promoting the employment of people with disabilities. The Camp Bowen Society offers summer camp, independent living skills training, and outreach programs. The work of Camp Bowen Innovations supports these endeavours by creating diverse streams of income that involve people with disabilities in their execution. We are currently seeking individuals to fill the following roles on our Board of Directors: a) president (b) vice-president; (c) secretary; (d) treasurer. Why So Many Positions: It is unusual that so many positions on a Board of Directors become available all at once. The reason this has happened at Camp Bowen Innovations is that it is the result of requirements of the Canada Revenue Agency. In 2018, the organization formerly known as the Camp Bowen Society for the Visually Impaired was split into the Camp Bowen Society for the Independence of the Blind and Deafblind and the Camp Bowen Innovations Society. This was done as part of the process for the Camp Bowen Society to apply for charitable status. The second faze of this process requires us, to the best of our understanding, to create separate boards for each organization. through 2019 the Camp Bowen Innovations board was comprised of members from the Camp Bowen Society who worked to establish both organizations. With a new board in place for Camp Bowen Innovations, the current board members will go back to focusing on their duties at the Camp Bowen Society. Shared Responsibilities: The above roles share the below responsibilities: (a) to attend four board meetings, one each quarter; (b) to plan and attend the Annual General Meeting (AGM); (c) to sign contracts and other documents on behalf of the organization; and (d) to carry out other duties as required by the BC Societies Act. Role of president: The president is the chair of the Board and is responsible for supervising the other directors in the execution of their duties. Role of vice-president: The vice-president is the vice-chair of the Board and is responsible for carrying out the duties of the president if the president is unable to act. Role of secretary: The secretary is responsible for doing, or making the necessary arrangements for, the following: (a) issuing notices of general meetings and directors’ meetings; (b) taking minutes of general meetings and directors’ meetings; (c) keeping the records of the Society in accordance with the Act (assisted by Executive Director); (d) conducting the correspondence of the Board; (e) filing the annual report of the Society and making any other filings with the registrar under the Act (assisted by Executive Director). Role of treasurer: The treasurer is responsible for doing, or making the necessary arrangements for, the following: (a) receiving and banking monies collected from the members or other sources (typically delegated to the Executive Director); (b) keeping accounting records in respect of the Society’s financial transactions (assisted by Executive Director); (c) preparing the Society’s financial statements (assisted by the Executive Director); (d) making the Society’s filings respecting taxes (assisted by Executive Director). Renumeration: Our Bylaws do not permit the Society to pay to a director remuneration for being a director, but the Society may, subject to the BC Societies Act, pay remuneration to a director for services provided by the director to the Society in another capacity. Next Steps: All Board of Directors positions will be elected at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Camp Bowen Innovations Society, to be held primarily by teleconference on Sunday, February 23, 2020. Interested candidates or those with questions are asked to contact Alex Jurgensen by phone at: +1 (604) 947-0021, extension 102, or by email at: prior to Sunday, February 16, 2020.

Happy United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities everyone! Let’s continue to work towards a world where barriers for people with disabilities are illiminated and where they have equal opportunities to hold positions of leadership! #IDPD2019 #givingTuesday

In Memory of Linda Evans

There’s Still Time to Get your Tickets for Camp Bowen’s 2019 Pub Night Fundraiser on October 5th

Camp Bowen at the Sixth Annual Handloggers Half Marathon