We’ve gathered together some of the images and videos of the past activities of the Rotary Club of Bowen Island [RCBI]. Here you can see some of our history.
There was the Rotary Night Bus in the spring of 2011.
Rotary Night Bus — 2011 | Bowen Island Rotary
For several years RCBI ran Operation Red Nose on Bowen during the xmas drinking season.
Operation Red Nose 2011 on Bowen Island | Bowen Island Rotary
Operation Red Nose on Bowen Island | Bowen Island Rotary
Operation Red Nose 2013 on Bowen Island | Bowen Island Rotary
For over a decade the community had been trying to fund an Outdoor Learning Classroom at BICS. With the help of RCBI, and the Rotary Foundation, we were able to establish this facility in Snake Park.
Outdoor Learning Classroom To become a Reality on Bowen Island | Bowen Island Rotary
Outdoor Learning Classroom – Ground Breaking Ceremony | Bowen Island Rotary
Outdoor Learning Classroom on Bowen Island, now open | Bowen Island Rotary
Inspired by a situation in South Africa reported by Rotarian Sheila Webster, and her daughter, Andi Webster PhD, RCBI raised the money for a windmill to pump water for a garden to feed the HIV orphans in Hluvukani.
New Windmill in Hluvukani | Bowen Island Rotary
Kunavelela Garden in Hluvukani, South Africa | Bowen Island Rotary
Rotary took over the failing Run For The Ferry marathon and transformed it into the annual Rotary Run for Rwanda. It is now part of the international Komera Project that was the vision of Bowen’s Butler Family.
Rotary Run for Rwanda 2011 – Komera Project | Bowen Island Rotary
Margaret Butler and the Rotary Run For Rwanda | Bowen Island Rotary
RCBI contributed a stage that was part of Steamship Days
Events this week at the Rotary Stage — Steamship Days — Bowen Island | Bowen Island Rotary
We ran a car wash to support Bowen Island’s Food Bank.
Rotary Car Wash — Day 1 | Bowen Island Rotary
Car Wash for the Bowen Island Food Bank | Bowen Island Rotary
Our project to reward a young person who wrote an essay on how to improve Bowen Island kicked off the project to map and improve the trails on Mt. Gardner. It started by Rotarians accurately mapping all of the worthy trails up there and negotiating with the government officials at Recreation Sites and Trails for recognition of the Mt. Gardner polygon under Section 56 of the Forest and Range Act.
Clearing Trails on Mt. Gardner | Bowen Island Rotary
Mapping Mt. Gardner Trails | Bowen Island Rotary
Mt Gardner Trails – West Side | Bowen Island Rotary
Initial Trails Survey of Mt. Gardner is complete | Bowen Island Rotary
https://bowenrotary.com/mount-gardner-trails/ (map and story)
Since we began this initiative, the very capable Bowen Island Trains Society (BITS) has arisen and taken over the stewardship of the trails. RCBI still publishes the very popular trails guide.
https://bowenrotary.com/bowen-island-trails-guide/
When international disasters have caught the public’s imagination, and Rotary’s Shelterbox has been there, RCBI has set up an exhibit. Bowen Islander have been very generous in supporting this project
Shelterbox at the Snug Cafe May 2, 2015 on Vimeo
https://bowenrotary.com/shelterbox/
When Cpl. Paulo Arreaga told us of the problem that emergency vehicles have finding addresses on Bowen, we have provided high quality, easy-to-see at night signs — now visible all over Bowen Island.
Rotary Street Numbers | Rotary Club of Bowen Island
When Bawn Campbell decided to share his AED by mounting his in a box on a tree by his street, he realized that, because of the geography of Bowen, emergency services could not react quickly enough to save a victim of Sudden Cardiac Arrest, so he convinced RCBI to work with neighborhoods and the municipality to provide local AEDs
Public AEDs (Automated External Defibrillators) on Bowen Island | Rotary Club of Bowen Island
Matthew Harrison’s personal experience with an orphanage in Lesotho revealed need and a vision for a new facility in that very poor country. RCBI has held fundraising projects that have resulted in the beginning of construction of an orphanage-campus on 33 acres of land. This is a long-term continuing project.
PEKA — An orphanage in Lesotho | Rotary Club of Bowen Island
Note, RCBI is a small participant in Rotary’s global program to eradicate polio from the face of the earth.
Rotarians have also marched in the Bowfest Parade and set up displays at Bowfest. There is more, but we are lacking visuals to illustrate.