Name: Beaver Island seventh- and eighth-grade class reports Mackinac-trip raffle, 1981
Start: 1981-03
End: 1981-03
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1981-03
Kind: Fundraising
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: educationcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The seventh- and eighth-grade class reported that Jimmy McCafferty won its clock/radio raffle and that the fundraiser brought in close to $185 for a Mackinac history trip.

Evidence and limits

The newspaper gives a rounded reported total, not a ledger, ticket count, or completed-trip report.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March & April 1981, seventh- and eighth-grade class notice.
Reports Jimmy McCafferty winning a clock/radio raffle and says the class raised close to $185 toward its Mackinac history trip. It is a student fundraising report, not a financial ledger or trip itinerary. 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, March & April 1981, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eighteen-page combined March and April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the raffle result.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island seventh- and eighth-grade class reports Mackinac-trip raffle, 1981”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-mackinac-history-trip-raffle-result-1981/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March & April 1981, seventh- and eighth-grade class notice. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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