How We Support the Community
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Knick Knack Nook has proudly supported many charities and organizations through the collection of household and clothing donations and fundraising initiatives. We have lent a financial helping hand to these outstanding non-profit organizations:
• Bowen Accessibility Group • Bowen Bike Park • Bowen Children’s Centre • Bowen Heritage • Bowen in Transition • Bowen Island Agricultural Alliance • Bowen Island Ambulance Centre • Bowen Island Arts Council • Bowen Island Christmas Hamper Fund • Bowen Island Community Foundation (KKN Environmental Endowment Fund) • Bowen Island Community School • Bowen Island Community School Homework Club • Bowen Island Conservancy • Bowen Island Disc Club • Bowen Island Food Bank • Bowen Island Food Sovereignty • Bowen Island Football Club • Bowen Island Gymnastics Club • Bowen Island Health Care Foundation • Bowen Island Literacy Task Group • Bowen Island Park Working Group • Bowen Island Preservation Association • Bowen Island Public Library • Bowen Island Resilient Community Housing (BIRCH) • Bowen Island School Association • Bowen Island Scouts Group • Bowen Island Seniors Housing Cooperative • Bowfest • Caring Circle • Clean Energy Canada (solar panels installation at BICS) • Coast Animal Welfare & Education Society (CAWES) • Cove Commons • Family Place • Helping Hands Endowment Fund • Light Up the Cove • Missy Foundation • Montessori School • Museum & Archives • Rotary Club • Seniors Keeping Young (SKY) • Snug Cove House Society • Steamship Days |
KKN Scholarships Awarded to Post-secondary students enrolled in a recognized Canadian university or college
2023: 21 students received a total of $50,000 2022: 19 students received a total of $42,000 2021: 13 students received a total of $40,000 2020: 13 students received a total of $42,000 2019: 16 students received a total of $30,000 2018: 9 students received a total of $26,200 2017: 8 students received a total of $21,250 2016: 6 students received a total of $10,000 2015: 6 students received a total of $12,000 2014: 5 students received a total of $10,000 2013: 3 students received a total of $6,000 2012: 2 students received a total of $4,000 2011: 1 student received a total of $2,000 Alternative paths of learning scholarship 2016—1 student received $2,000 2018—2 students received a total of $1,835 Environmental Initiatives Balers Knick Knack Nook provided $36,000 for the Municipality to purchase 2 balers for the recycling depot. One baler is used exclusively to bale corrugated cardboard, the other to crush mixed plastics and light metals. As each bale is completed it is transferred to a storage bin. This significantly decreases the number of trips into Vancouver and reduces the cost and frequency of shipments. Composting organic waste on island Knick Knack Nook is committed to promoting the concept of on-island organic waste processing. To this end we have provided $5,528 toward the Bowen composting initiative to make an initial site evaluation and to assess the financial and operational implications of operating a facility on island. 
An earlier study in 2011 was also commissioned called “Bowen Island Organic Resource Recovery Report”
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