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Story Spinners and Beaver Island storytellers raise $490 for PABI at an August 2002 performance

Also Dueling Tale-spinners PABI fundraiser · Storytelling event outcome August 3 2002

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Locator map: Township of Peaine highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Township of PeaineLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeEvent
Date2002-08-03
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Township of Peaine highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Township of PeaineLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
2002-08-03
Kind
Performance
Where
Township of Peaine
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
performancefundraisingcommunityeducation
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The August 3, 2002 storytelling performance at Peaine Township Hall filled the room with professional Story Spinners and Island storytellers. The September recap says the event raised approximately $490 for PABI’s Community House goal and generated interest in an encore.

Evidence limits

The report gives an approximate amount and narrative outcome, not an audited financial statement or complete ticket ledger.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, September 2002, “Behind the scenes: Dueling Tale-spinners raise money for PABI” and “Spinning Yarns.”
    Reports a packed Peaine Township Hall performance by Doris Larson, Tammy Layman, Amy Wisner, Pinky Harmon, and Phil Gregg, and says the event raised approximately $490 for PABI’s Community House goal. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2002-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the performance recap and fundraising result.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2002-09_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Story Spinners and Beaver Island storytellers raise $490 for PABI at an August 2002 performance”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-storyspinners-pabi-fundraiser-august-3-2002/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2002, “Behind the scenes: Dueling Tale-spinners raise money for PABI” and “Spinning Yarns.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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