- Dates
- 2011-10-19 – 2011-12-17
- Kind
- Fundraising
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Community School
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- fundraisingeducationcommunityrecycling
- Within
- Beaver Island
Beaver Island Community School middle-school students solicited returnable bottles and cans in October 2011 to help fund a Washington, D.C., trip. The collection point was a marked black Chevrolet Blazer parked across from the school. The organizer extended the collection through early November and into December, then estimated that the final pre-winter load would bring the campaign past $500 and possibly $600.
This appears to be a continuation of the same kind of school fundraising documented in 2010, but the forum record does not establish an audited amount, the final fundraising total, or completion of the trip.
Evidence limits
The forum posts are organizer announcements and a thank-you, not audited financial records or independent reporting.
Sources
- Adam Richards, writing as a school fundraiser organizer, announced a returnable-can collection using a marked vehicle across from the school, extended the collection through the following week, and thanked donors. The posts establish the campaign and its intended Washington trip, but do not provide audited proceeds or prove that the trip occurred.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004227
- The organizer announced a final pre-winter collection and estimated that the next load would bring the campaign past $500 and possibly $600. This is an organizer estimate, not a redemption receipt or audited total.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004362
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island middle-school returnable-can drive for Washington trip, 2011”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-seventh-eighth-grade-can-drive-washington-trip-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Can Drive is on!”, October 19–31, 2011. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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