Name: Beaver Island community fundraising helps Harriet Rafferty travel to Mayo Clinic, 1993
Start: 1993-03
End: 1993-03
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island community fundraising helps Harriet Rafferty travel to Mayo Clinic, 1993

Also 1993 Harriet Fund

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TypeEvent

Date1993-03

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1993-03
Kind: Fundraising
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcarefundraisingcommunityfamilycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Harriet Rafferty thanked Beaver Islanders in March 1993 for a community fund that made a Mayo Clinic trip possible.

Evidence limits

This is a thank-you letter, not a donation ledger, medical record, or fund administration file.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 1993, letter “The Harriet Fund.”
Reports that an unannounced community fund made Harriet Rafferty’s Mayo Clinic appointment possible and records her thanks and hope to continue helping others. 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 · 1993-03_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, March 1993, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twelve-page issue scan confirms the Harriet Fund letter.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1993-03_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island community fundraising helps Harriet Rafferty travel to Mayo Clinic, 1993”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-harriet-fund-mayo-clinic-1993/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1993, letter “The Harriet Fund.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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