Beaver Island Holiday Ball raises medical-center funds, 1988

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Event

Date: 1988-12-03
Kind: Fundraising
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: fundraisingcelebrationhealthcarecommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The December 3, 1988 Beaver Island Holiday Ball drew about 95 people and reported $1,781 in donations for the Medical Center.

Evidence limits

The newspaper reports attendance and proceeds, not an audited financial ledger or full event program.

Sources

“The Christmas holiday season on Beaver Island,” Beaver Beacon, January 1989.
Reports approximately 95 attendees and $1,781 in donations at the December 3 Holiday Ball sponsored by medical-center and EMS organizations. 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, January 1989, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twenty-page January issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR and confirms the completed event.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Holiday Ball raises medical-center funds, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-holiday-ball-1988-outcome/, accessed [date], citing “The Christmas holiday season on Beaver Island,” Beaver Beacon, January 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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