- Date
- 2008-12
- Kind
- Fundraising
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- fundraisingeducationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The December 2008 Beaver Beacon reported that Dan LaFreniere won the Beaver Island school popcorn-selling contest after organizing a one-person phone bank and making in-person appeals.
Evidence limits
The notice reports the contest result but does not give sales totals or the school’s accounting of proceeds.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, December 2008, "Sometimes You Can Have Your Cake & Eat It Too."Reports Dan LaFreniere's one-person phone-bank and personal sales strategy, his first-place finish in the school popcorn contest, and the commemorative cake made from the last unsold bag. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the school fundraiser report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Dan LaFreniere wins the Beaver Island school popcorn-selling contest, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-popcorn-fundraiser-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2008, "Sometimes You Can Have Your Cake & Eat It Too." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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