- Dates
- 2008-05 – 2008-07
- Kind
- Fundraising
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- fundraisingartshealthcarecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Rural Health Center announced a July 2008 fundraiser centered on an original Mary Blocksma painting commissioned by Ray Cole and Nina Simpson-Jones. The winning bidder could choose the Beaver Island subject, and a separate dinner at Nina’s Restaurant was planned to benefit the Health Center.
Evidence limits
This is an advance fundraiser announcement; it does not establish the final bid, painting, dinner date, proceeds, or completed work.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, May 2008, "The Painting of Your Choice."Announces a July auction for an original Mary Blocksma painting commissioned by Ray Cole and Nina Simpson-Jones, with bidding at the Health Center or online and a later fundraising dinner at Nina’s Restaurant. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the fundraiser announcement.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “BIRHC announces Mary Blocksma custom-painting auction fundraiser, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-birhc-mary-blocksma-painting-auction-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2008, "The Painting of Your Choice." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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