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Beaver Island Girl Scouts sell more than 800 cookie boxes, 1981

Also Beaver Island Girl Scout cookie drive 1981

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TypeEvent
Dates1981-04 – 1981-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1981-04 – 1981-05
Kind
Fundraising
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communityeducationcommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1981 Beaver Beacon reports that 20 Beaver Island Girl Scouts sold more than 800 boxes of cookies.

Evidence and limits

The published total is not an audited troop or council ledger.

Sources

  1. Reports 20 island Girl Scouts selling more than 800 boxes and thanks purchasers. It is a newspaper total, not a troop ledger or official program report. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1981-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held thirteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the cookie-drive report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1981-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Girl Scouts sell more than 800 cookie boxes, 1981”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-girl-scout-cookie-drive-1981/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1981, Junior Reporter column. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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