Name: Beaver Island school celebrates Grandparents’ Day with substitute grandparents
Start: 2003-12
End: 2003-12
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island school celebrates Grandparents’ Day with substitute grandparents

Also Beaver Island school celebrates Grandparents’ Day with substitute grandparents

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TypeEvent

Date2003-12

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 2003-12
Kind: Celebration
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: educationfamilycelebrationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Beaver Island Community School held a Grandparents’ Day feast in December 2003 using substitute grandparents so every student could participate, with organizing and musical help from Islanders.

Evidence limits

The short report does not provide a date, attendance total, or complete list of organizers.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 2004, “Grandparents’ Day”.
Reports a school feast using substitute grandparents so every student could participate, organized by Pinky Harmon and John Fiegen with music support. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, January 2004, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the January 2004 report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-01_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island school celebrates Grandparents’ Day with substitute grandparents”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-grandparents-day-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2004, “Grandparents’ Day”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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