Beaver Island cancer drive reports a five-hundred-dollar total, 1977

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Event

Date: circa 1977-05
Kind: Fundraising
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcarecommunicationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1977 Beaver Beacon reports Joy Green’s announcement that the Beaver Island cancer drive totaled $500.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper-reported total and donor thanks, not a receipt ledger, donor list, or remittance record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 1977, “Cancer Drive Report.”
Reports Joy Green’s announced Beaver Island drive total of $500 and thanks donors. The notice does not identify the sponsoring organization, donor list, receipt ledger, or remittance record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, May 1977, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twelve-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the reported drive total.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island cancer drive reports a five-hundred-dollar total, 1977”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cancer-drive-report-1977/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1977, “Cancer Drive Report.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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