Name: Beaver Island Box Social raises $132 for the Medical Center Auxiliary, 1969
Start: 1969-02-14
End: 1969-02-14
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1969-02-14
Kind: Fundraising
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: fundraisinghealthcarecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

An old-fashioned Box Social at the Shamrock on February 14, 1969, benefited the Beaver Island Medical Center Auxiliary. Lawrence McDonough auctioned decorated box lunches and the event raised $132.

Evidence and limits

The report does not provide attendance, a full donor list, or an accounting of expenses.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, February 1969, “Box Social.”
Reports the February 14 Box Social at the Shamrock, where Lawrence McDonough auctioned decorated box lunches and $132 was raised for the Medical Center Auxiliary; it does not provide attendance, a full donor list, or an accounting of expenses.
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Beaver Beacon, February 1969, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the completed fundraising report.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Box Social raises $132 for the Medical Center Auxiliary, 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-box-social-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1969, “Box Social.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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