A Blast From the Past: A Window Into Summer 2009
Posted onHere is a picture taken ten years ago this summer at Camp Bowen. It comes to us via our first FaceBook page, now defunct, where it was originally featured.
Tag: 2009
CNIB Shutters Camp for Blind Children, Citing “Financial Challenges”
Posted onSource: Vancouver Sun BY DENISE RYAN STUART DAVIS/ VANCOUVER SUN Surrey residents Alex Jurgensen, 16 ( left), and Matthew Alvernaz, 13. The two friends met at Bowen Island Lodge summer camp three years ago, but the CNIB-run camp is closing. For Matthew Alvernaz, the world is about to become a little smaller. The 13-year-old, blind […]
Blind Boy Rocked by Demise of Bowen Island CNIB Camp
Posted onSource: Times Colonist VANCOUVER — For Matthew Alvernaz, the world is about to become a little smaller. The 13-year-old, blind since birth, has just learned that the CNIB’s summer camp programs for kids at Bowen Island Lodge will be shut down due to funding shortfalls. “It’s hard to explain how I really feel. It’s bad,” […]