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Beaver Island Mother’s March raises $664 for birth-defects work, 1989

Also 1989 Mother’s March · Beaver Island March of Dimes drive

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TypeEvent
Date1989-02
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1989-02
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Fundraising
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Modern era
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Summary

The February 1989 Mother’s March on Beaver Island raised a reported $664 for the March of Dimes’ birth-defects work.

Evidence limits

The amount is a newspaper-reported total, not a charity receipt or audited financial ledger.

Sources

  1. Reports $664 collected and names the island collectors; it describes regional and national allocations. 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 · 1989-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. Paired held sixteen-page issue PDF.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1989-03_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Mother’s March raises $664 for birth-defects work, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-march-of-dimes-mothers-march-1989/, accessed [date], citing “1989 Mother’s March Against Birth Defects Raises $664,” Beaver Beacon, March 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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