Tag: Camp Bowen Society
COVID-19 Connection National Roundtable for September 15, 2021
Posted onBy popular demand, we’ve reset the roundtables to the 10AM Pacific (1PM Eastern) time slot. In our second roundtable chat of the season we will discuss what you would like to see as topics for future roundtables. The morning will begin with the weekly COVID-19 checkin followed by a discussion. Calls take place from 10AM […]
COVID Connection National Roundtable for September 8, 2021
Posted onWelcome back to the fall addition of the COVID Connection National Roundtables. After a summer break during which many of our roundtable participants got to experience virtual summer camps at Camp Bowen, we’re back with more COVID-19 Connection National Roundtables, now at a new time. In our first roundtable chat of the season we will […]
Reminder: Camp Bowen’s Virtual Connections Camp: Day 4 Featuring Independence Science Is This Friday! 🔬
Posted onPlease note: If you have not yet registered, you can still register on our 2021 Virtual Camps page. Hello Virtual Connections Campers, This is a reminder of tomorrow’s Virtual Connections camp happening on Zoom and by telephone from 3-5PM Pacific (6-8PM Eastern). Tomorrow will be day 4 of 4 of the 2021 Virtual Connections camp. […]
Virtual Connections Camp: Day 3 is here! 🎭🏅
Posted onPlease note: If you have not yet registered, you can still register on our 2021 Virtual Camps page Hello Virtual Connections Campers, This is a reminder of today’s Virtual Connections camp happening on Zoom and by telephone from 3-5PM Pacific (6-8PM Eastern). Today will be day 3 of 4 of the 2021 Virtual Connections camp, […]
Virtual Connections Camp: Day 2 will be here tomorrow! 🥋
Posted onPlease note: If you have not yet registered, you can still register on our 2021 Virtual Camps page. Hello Virtual Connections Campers, This is a reminder of tomorrow’s Virtual Connections camp happening on Zoom and by telephone. Tomorrow will be day 2 of 4 of the 2021 Virtual Connections camp, with the other sessions taking […]
Virtual Connections Camp: Day 1 Is Finally Here! 💻💾
Posted onHello Virtual Connections Campers, Welcome to day 1 of the 2021 Virtual Connections camp. There will be four Virtual Connection Camp dates in total, with the other sessions taking place this Friday, next Tuesday, and next Friday respectively. These sessions will be followed by the Virtual Music Camp, which starts on August 10. In today’s […]
The 2021 Virtual Summer Camps Are Almost Here!
Posted onAre you a teen or adult who is blind, Deafblind, or low vision? Do you like having fun and learning new things? If you answered yes to the above, then keep reading to find out about Camp Bowen’s 2021 Virtual Summer Camps: Virtual Connections and Virtual Music Camp. While we are sad we can’t meet […]
Life-Long Partnerships
Posted onI have always been an animal lover and had various pets and farm animals during my childhood. Dogs have always been a big part of my life. I never anticipated that one day a dog would impact my life so profoundly as the bond I would have with a guide dog. My life was forever […]
Celebrating National Indigenous People’s Day: A Look At the Totem Pole
Posted onCamp Bowen is situated on Bowen Island or Xwlíl’xhwm, part of the traditional land of the Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh) Nation. According to BowenHeritage.org, “the name Xwlíl’xhwm means “‘Fast Drumming Ground’. Some authors attribute the name to the sound made by the ocean as it passes through the tiny pass between the Island’s northern point and Finisterre […]