Dr. Yvonne McSkimming has helped people and organizations all over the island. She is currently President of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 150 and continues to cook Friday dinners. For 10 years she has been the driving force behind the BICS Friday Lunch Program, and she is also responsible for annual fundraising events at BICS. She is the founder and Executive Director of Synergy Collective Society, a non-profit organization on Bowen that works with other non-profit organizations to raise much needed money and inspire social responsibility. She contributes her artistic talent to the annual Christmas light display and performs to raise money for charities. She created the Bowen Island Story book, and is currently working on a BICS cook book to help raise money for the school.