- Dates
- 2015-08-22 – 2015-08-23
- Kind
- Mutual aid
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Christian Church
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- foodwayscommunitymutual-aidfundraising
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In August 2015, the Beaver Island Food Pantry used the forum to explain its donation channel. The thread described the pantry as community-wide and housed at the Gregg Fellowship Center, with tax-deductible checks payable through the Beaver Island Christian Church. It also preserved practical guidance that donated food should not be expired.
Evidence limits
This first-hand community notice documents the pantry’s public-facing arrangement in 2015, not its origin, finances, inventory, or number of people served.
Sources
See the sources: block above.
Sources
- The thread says the community-wide pantry was housed at the Gregg Fellowship Center, directed checks to Beaver Island Christian Church with “Food Pantry” in the memo line, and reminded donors to check expiration dates. It does not establish the pantry’s founding date, budget, inventory, households served, or legal status.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 09 · t009284
- The notice asked departing seasonal residents to donate unopened, unexpired non-perishable food and listed collection baskets at local churches and service locations. It documents a 2016 donation appeal and collection network, not inventory, households served, or pantry finances.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010776
- The potter offered stoneware bowls and pledged 50 percent of proceeds through the end of March to the Beaver Island Food Pantry. This documents a specific fundraiser, not the amount raised or the pantry’s finances.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011354
- The marketplace copy repeated the 50-percent donation pledge for the remainder of March and identified the shop location. It is corroborating promotional text, not an independent accounting.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011356
- The committee asked shoppers to place unopened, unexpired non-perishable food in the collection box at McDonough’s Market and named common requested items. It documents a 2017 collection appeal, not inventory, households served, or finances.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012110
- The committee described the pantry as community-wide, listed collection baskets at churches and service locations, and repeated its unopened/non-perishable and tax-deductible donation guidance. It documents the public collection network, not finances or service totals.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012203
Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Food Pantry publicizes its church-based donation channel, 2015”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-food-pantry-donation-information-2015/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Christian Church participants, “BI Food Pantry,” Beaver Island Forum, August 22–23, 2015. (and 4 further sources listed on the page).
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