It’s festive tea season on the island, and this Saturday features an offering with some historical roots.
The Summer Social Tea, hosted by Seniors Keeping Young (SKY), takes place this Saturday at the Bowen Island Museum and Archives, who have partnered with SKY for the event. At the heart of the gathering is a desire to celebrate the many seniors who have helped shaped Bowen over the decades.
“The tea is to honour the seniors in the community, the ones that have been around and built Bowen Island,” says SKY president Lichen Tilley. “There are seniors that have been here a long time… I think this would be a nice annual event.”
The event is being held June 10 from 1 to 4 pm at the Museum lawn. Activities include music, food and drink, an archival image slideshow, and a ‘Curiosities and Oddities’ trivia game with prizes which will be drawn at the end of the tea.
Tilley says the gathering is part of an effort by SKY to create more outings for Bowen seniors, especially with the easing or erasing of most pandemic restrictions. “There seems to be this greater need to get together and interact… SKY has always been a focus for seniors to connect,” she says.
Tilley points out other recent event initiatives – including Wednesday and Friday walks, lunches, or games at the Library – are all ways SKY is bringing back the in-person connections which were lost during the pandemic.
The tea is being supported by a number of local and regional groups and businesses, including the Bowen Island Literary Task Group, Decoda Literacy Solutions, Ruddy Potato, Barcelona, and Bowen Sushi.
