- Dates
- 2011-05 – 2012-12
- Kind
- Fundraising
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Rural Health Center
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcarecommunityconservationfundraising
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May and June 2011 Beacon issues describe the next phase of the Rural Health Center’s Wellness Garden Plan. The July issue adds the tour’s ticket structure and the active auction, including the Ellen’s Stars quilt, a cherry plant stand, local art, and a Beaver Island Bounty Basket. The August issue reports the tour’s attendance and seven garden stops and records the project’s extensive thanks to contributors; it announces a September garden party but does not document its completion. The November issue reports that more than 45 people attended the October 2 Wellness Garden Walk and describes the growing network of themed gardens, paths, donated plants, and artwork around Forest View Senior Apartments and the Health Center. A 2012 organizer follow-up documents another garden walk and social, with five crabapple trees donated for the grounds. The December 2012 Beacon reports a planned scrapbook in the Health Center lobby to preserve photographs and coverage of the garden’s five-year transformation.
Evidence limits
The Beacon reports a project and fundraising effort. The August issue confirms the tour occurred and gives participation figures, but not auction results, garden completion, or the later garden party; the December notice documents a planned scrapbook, not its completion or contents.
Sources
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Sources
- A Rural Health Center organizer announced a Bounty Basket and continuing silent bids on donated art, with proceeds intended to continue the Wellness Garden. The notice documents fundraising plans and bid deadlines, not final bids or proceeds.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003833
- The organizer announced the October 2 public garden walk behind the Health Center and Forest View, and participants followed up about the children's garden, volunteer work, and a walking-tour video. The forum documents the invitation and firsthand follow-up, while the November Beaver Beacon supplies the attendance figure.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004139
- A Forest View resident thanks unidentified donors for plants and flowers in the community room; this is a small first-person follow-up to the broader garden and community-support record, not a complete donor inventory.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005788
- Forest View organizers invite the public to the October 7 garden walk and ice-cream social. The notice documents the planned event and support, not attendance totals or garden completion.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005572
- A follow-up thanks attendees, donors, and volunteers and reports five crabapple trees donated by the Wildlife Club. It does not provide a complete donor inventory or garden-completion record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005591
- Beaver Beacon, May 2011, "Good Things Come to Those Who Wait."Describes planned garden areas for birds and children, cancer survivors, and Hospice, a visitor-friendly path toward Forest View, a July 13 garden walk, a summer silent auction, and volunteer and donation requests. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the Wellness Garden report and fundraiser plans.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-05_Beaver-Beacon
- Beaver Beacon, June 2011, "First Annual Garden Tour" and Wellness Garden appeal.Reports the July 13 garden tour, limited tickets, funding needs, continued work toward Forest View, and an expected later-summer or early-fall completion of the path and rear patio areas. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the garden-tour announcement and project update.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-06_Beaver-Beacon
- Beaver Beacon, July 2011, "First Annual Garden Tour Now" and "Wellness Garden Auction."Gives the tour's van and walker/biker ticket limits and prices, and announces auction bidding for Ellen's Stars, a cherry plant stand, local art, and a Beaver Island Bounty Basket. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the garden-tour and auction notices.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-07_Beaver-Beacon
- Beaver Beacon, August 2011, "Garden Tour Benefit" and "Thanks for the Wellness Garden."Reports 38 driven attendees plus ten bikers and walkers visiting seven gardens during the first tour, and lists volunteers, artists, businesses, donors, hosts, and a planned September garden party. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the Garden Tour Benefit report and acknowledgements.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-08_Beaver-Beacon
- Beaver Beacon, September 2011, "Full Circle."Reports that Angel and Paul Welke won the quilt made from Ellen Welke's material, a traditional eight-pointed-star pattern auctioned for the Wellness Garden effort. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the quilt-auction outcome.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-09_Beaver-Beacon
- Beaver Beacon, November 2011, "See It Grow."Reports that more than 45 people attended the October 2 Wellness Garden Walk, describes the paths and named garden areas at Forest View, and notes additional plantings and donated art planned or underway. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held November issue scan confirms the Wellness Garden Walk report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-11_Beaver-Beacon
- Beaver Beacon, December 2012, "Let's Watch the Scrapbook Grow."Reports Karen Petersmark's plan to assemble a Wellness Garden scrapbook in the Health Center lobby, inviting photographs and newspaper clippings about the garden's five-year transformation. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held December issue scan confirms the scrapbook project notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Rural Health Center advances its Wellness Garden Plan”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-birhc-wellness-garden-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "Beaver Island Rural Health Center auction items," August 2, 2011. (and 18 further sources listed on the page).
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