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Beaver Island participants support Tara Palmer's Santa for Soldiers care packages

Also Beaver Island Santa for Soldiers 2010

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TypeEvent
Date2010-11-11
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
2010-11-11
Kind
Fundraising
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
militaryfundraisingcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The January Beacon recounted a Santa for Soldiers project organized by Tara Palmer after a November 11, 2010 event in East Jordan. The Beaver Island Honor Society collected goods, and the project packed 40 Christmas care packages for soldiers, including the platoon of Beaver Island-connected soldier Brett Maudrie.

Evidence limits

This is a participant’s retrospective account, not a complete donor list, shipping manifest, or recipient confirmation.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, January 2011, "Santa for Soldiers."
    Reports the November 11, 2010 East Jordan event, Beaver Island Honor Society collections led by Judy Boyle, packing of 40 Christmas packages, and help from Beaver Island AmVets and other named supporters. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the care-package account.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island participants support Tara Palmer's Santa for Soldiers care packages”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-santa-for-soldiers-2010/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2011, "Santa for Soldiers." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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