Name: Beaver Island advertises a Sunsplash fundraiser for children in Haiti
Start: 2011-03-05
End: 2011-03-05
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 2011-03-05
Kind: Fundraising
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: fundraisingcommunityeducation
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Stoney Acre Grill advertised a March 5, 2011 Sunsplash event to benefit the Good Samaritan of Haiti Foundation. The notice says Michael Beans, Judy Boyle, and Adam Wirth’s Beaver Island Volunteer Corps were raising funds for Haitian children’s education, health, and welfare.

Evidence limits

This is an event advertisement, not confirmation of attendance, proceeds, or the amount ultimately sent to Haiti.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Marilyn Racine, "SunSplash/Fat Tuesday/St. Pat's @ Stoney," Beaver Island Forum, February 26–March 2, 2011.
The Stoney Acre announcement set the March 5 buffet price at $14.95, stated that $5 per person would benefit Haitian children, and described a tentative August summer event. These are organizer terms, not a proceeds report or confirmation of the tentative August date.
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Marilyn Racine, "Danny's annual Johnny Cash's B-day Celebration!," Beaver Island Forum, January 23–February 25, 2011.
The January announcement shifted the planned Sunsplash event to March 5 at Stoney Acre Grill, identified the Good Samaritan of Haiti Foundation, and named Michael Beans and the Beaver Island Volunteer Corps participants. Later posts announced the event and thanked patrons, but provide no proceeds total.
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Beaver Island Forum, "Sunsplash Fundraiser at Stoneys Saturday March 5th!!!!," March 3–6, 2011.
The organizer advertised the March 5 buffet, identified the Good Samaritan of Haiti Foundation, and followed up with thanks after the fundraiser. The post-event note confirms a community response but gives no proceeds total or independent accounting.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003220
Beaver Beacon, March 2011, Stoney Acre Grill advertisement for "Sunsplash!"
Advertises a March 5 Mardi Gras-themed fundraiser for the Good Samaritan of Haiti Foundation, with Michael Beans, Judy Boyle, and Adam Wirth's BIVC raising funds for children's education, health, and welfare. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-03_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, March 2011, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the fundraiser advertisement.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-03_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island advertises a Sunsplash fundraiser for children in Haiti”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-sunsplash-children-of-haiti-fundraiser-2011/, accessed [date], citing Marilyn Racine, "SunSplash/Fat Tuesday/St. Pat's @ Stoney," Beaver Island Forum, February 26–March 2, 2011. (and 4 further sources listed on the page).

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