Name: Beaver Island community organizes a Friendship Fund for Bruce Kinsley, 2012
Start: 2012-12-06
End: 2012-12-06
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2012-12-06
Kind: Community support
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcarefundraisingcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

In December 2012, Beaver Island friends organized a Friendship Fund to help Bruce Kinsley and Jean with costs associated with Bruce’s cancer treatment. The forum notice directed donors to a dedicated Charlevoix State Bank account.

Evidence limits

This records the community fundraising mechanism from the forum notice. It does not independently verify medical details, costs, or the amount raised.

Sources

Beaver Island Forum, “Bruce Kinsley Surgery,” December 6, 2012.
The notice described Bruce Kinsley’s November 20 surgery and planned radiation treatment and gave Charlevoix State Bank instructions for a private Friendship Fund. It documents the community support mechanism, not medical details beyond the organizer’s account or the fund’s total.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005833

Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island community organizes a Friendship Fund for Bruce Kinsley, 2012”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bruce-kinsley-friendship-fund-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Bruce Kinsley Surgery,” December 6, 2012..

Last revised 2026-08-08. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

BibTeX for “Beaver Island community organizes a Friendship Fund for Bruce Kinsley, 2012”RIS for “Beaver Island community organizes a Friendship Fund for Bruce Kinsley, 2012”