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Beaver Island community holds benefit for Ron Patania, 1989

Also Ron Patania broken leg benefit · Scholl benefit dinner

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TypeEvent
Date1989-02-23
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1989-02-23
Kind
Fundraising
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcarefamilyfundraisingcommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island community reported a February 23 benefit dinner for Ron Patania while he recovered from a broken leg in Charlevoix Hospital.

Evidence limits

The newspaper notice does not establish the medical outcome, total donations, or a complete benefit ledger.

Sources

  1. Reports sixth-grader Ron Patania’s broken leg and hospitalization, and a February 23 benefit dinner at the Beaver Island Christian Church with donation instructions. 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 · 1989-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twenty-page February issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1989-02_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island community holds benefit for Ron Patania, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ron-patania-hospital-benefit-1989/, accessed [date], citing “Hospital News,” Beaver Beacon, February 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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