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Beaver Island middle-school returnable-can drive, 2012

Also Returnable Can Drive for Middle School Trips

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TypeEvent
Date2012-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2012-06
Kind
Fundraising
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Community School
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

In June 2012, Beaver Island school advisors announced an ongoing returnable-can drop-off at the Transfer Station to fund trips for the fifth through eighth grades. By late July, they reported more than $1,000 raised, including a single collection night that produced just over $600, and later reported another $566.70 evening plus continuing box collections.

Evidence limits

The forum documents the collection mechanism and organizer-reported progress, but not an audited total or completion of either trip.

Sources

  1. Class advisors reported more than $1,000 raised during the summer, including just over $600 from one collection night, and later described five Gaylord boxes still awaiting sorting. These are organizer-reported proceeds and processing counts, not audited financial records; the thread connects the funds to Hayowentha and Washington, D.C., trips.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005246
  2. School advisors announced that the Transfer Station would accept 10-cent returnable cans indefinitely to support the fifth- and sixth-grade Camp Hayowentha trip and seventh- and eighth-grade Washington trip. The notice establishes the ongoing collection arrangement, not proceeds or trip completion.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005114
  3. Organizers said the Transfer Station collection was averaging almost one Gaylord box every other day and accepted all Michigan-deposit returnables. These are organizer-reported quantities, not audited proceeds or a final total.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005368
  4. Organizers reported that fifth–eighth graders counted another $566.70 in less than two and a half hours and thanked the community and parent volunteers. This is an organizer-reported collection result, not an audited receipt or final fundraiser total.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005386
  5. The organizer reported more than $2,200 collected since mid-June for fifth/sixth-grade and seventh/eighth-grade trips and said the drive would continue indefinitely. This is organizer-reported progress, not an audited account.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005497
  6. The organizers reported another $400 processed, bringing the total above $3,300, and said the drive would continue through winter. This is organizer-reported progress, not an audited account.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005658

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island middle-school returnable-can drive, 2012”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-middle-school-returnable-can-drive-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Community School class advisors, “Can Drive!,” Beaver Island Forum, July 23–August 4, 2012. (and 5 further sources listed on the page).

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