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BIRHC and EMS hold the Get Healthy 2006 community event

Also Beaver Island Get Healthy 2006

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TypeEvent
Date2006-01-28
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
2006-01-28
Kind
Medical
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcareemergency-managementcommunityeducationcommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Rural Health Center and EMS announced and then held a January 28, 2006 “Get Healthy” event marking the health center’s second anniversary. The February follow-up reports 48 visitors, free screenings, health information, refreshments, tours, consultations, and door prizes.

Evidence limits

The two reports document the event’s offerings and reported attendance, but not individual test results, a complete attendance register, or longer-term health outcomes.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, January 2006, "Give 2006 a Healthy Start."
    Announces free screenings and health information at the January 28, 2006 BIRHC and EMS second-anniversary event, including cholesterol, blood sugar, anemia, blood pressure, oxygen, body-mass, body-fat, and hearing checks. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the event notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-01_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Beaver Beacon, February 2006, "Health Fair fares well."
    Reports the January 28 event's 48 visitors, free cholesterol, blood-pressure, oxygen, hearing, blood-sugar, hemoglobin, and body-mass testing, informational tables, EMS assistance, consultations, and door prizes. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-02_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held issue scan confirms the Health Fair outcome report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-02_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026 · revised 7 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “BIRHC and EMS hold the Get Healthy 2006 community event”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-birhc-ems-get-healthy-2006/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2006, "Give 2006 a Healthy Start." (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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