- Dates
- 2010-11-24 – 2010-12
- Kind
- Award
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- musichumanitarianHaiticommunityrecognition
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In late 2010, Rotary clubs in the British Virgin Islands honored Michael “Beans” Gardner with a Paul Harris Fellow award for humanitarian work supporting the people of Haiti. The Beaver Beacon connected Gardner to Beaver Island, where he had frequently spent summers, as well as to his music and pirate-show career.
Evidence limits
The Beacon is the principal held source for the award profile. The forum provides local recognition and a link to an external story, but neither source is treated as a complete Rotary service record or financial audit of the Haiti foundation.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- Community participants shared the award story and linked a Rotary Club of Tortola article. The thread establishes local recognition of Gardner's work but is not the award record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002989
- Beaver Beacon, December 2010, "Captain Beans Sails onto the Stage."Reports that Rotary clubs honored Gardner with a Paul Harris Fellow award for humanitarian work in Haiti, identifies his Good Samaritan of Haiti Foundation, and says he frequently spent summers on Beaver Island. The article is the principal source for the award and biographical claims. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
- The held issue scan confirms the award profile.
Added 9 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Michael “Beans” Gardner receives a Paul Harris Fellow award, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-michael-beans-gardner-paul-harris-award-2010/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "Michael \"Beans\" Gardner," November 24–30, 2010. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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