Name: Beaver Island community supports Marissa Crandall’s medical travel, 2010–2011
Start: 2010-12-16
End: 2011-01-07
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: undated
Kind: Community support
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communityfamilyhealthfundraising
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

In December 2010, Beaver Island forum participants rallied around Marissa Crandall and her family after reports of a serious medical condition and planned treatment at the University of Michigan. By December 31, donation jars had been placed at the Shamrock Bar and Stoney Acre Grill to help with travel expenses for a January 7 appointment; a follow-up reported that donations were going well.

Evidence limits

The record is based on community forum reports and does not include a medical record, independent diagnosis, donation total, or treatment outcome.

Sources

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Sources

Beaver Island Forum, "Marissa Crandall-15-Doctoring," December 16–18, 2010.
The forum reported that Marissa Crandall, age 15, had a serious medical condition, later described in the thread as a pituitary tumor, and was expected to travel to University of Michigan Hospital. This is a community forum report, not a medical record or independently verified diagnosis.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003044
Beaver Island Forum, "donation for marissa crandal," December 31, 2010–January 1, 2011.
The forum announced donation jars at the Shamrock Bar and Stoney Acre Grill for the family’s January 7 University of Michigan appointment and reported that donations went well. It does not provide a financial total or treatment outcome.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003073

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island community supports Marissa Crandall’s medical travel, 2010–2011”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-marissa-crandall-medical-support-2010/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "Marissa Crandall-15-Doctoring," December 16–18, 2010. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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