- Date
- 1959-02
- Kind
- Fundraising
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcarecommunityeconomycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The February 1959 Beaver Beacon reports that a Beaver Island Polio Fund effort under Dick LaFreniere raised $110 through games, raffles, and refreshments.
Evidence limits
The report does not provide receipts, attendance, remittance records, or the beneficiary’s accounting.
Sources
- Reports that the Polio Chairman, Dick LaFreniere, led an effort raising $110 through games, raffles, and refreshments. It does not provide receipts, event date, attendance, remittance records, or the beneficiary’s accounting. 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 · 1959-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the reported fundraiser total; it does not expand the financial or health record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island raises $110 for the Polio Fund, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-polio-fund-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1959, “THE STRONG HELP THE WEAK.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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