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Beaver Island Wildlife Club schedules its 2012 raffle and memorial dinner

Also Beaver Island Wildlife Club raffle and Harold Lounsbury Memorial Dinner 2012

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TypeEvent
Date2012-11-17
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2012-11-17
Kind
Fundraising
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Wildlife Club
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
wildlifefundraisingcommunityconservation
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The November 2012 Beaver Beacon announces the Beaver Island Wildlife Club’s 2012 raffle and Harold Lounsbury Memorial Dinner, scheduled for November 17 at the Shamrock Bar and Restaurant to support the club’s Island and archipelago projects. Forum follow-up posts publish the first-prize and additional winners and describe the dinner and raffle as successful.

Evidence limits

The forum supplies a first-party/community winner list and outcome report, but the sources do not establish attendance, ticket sales, or final proceeds.

Sources

  1. The forum publishes first-prize and additional raffle winners, including Jim McDonough for the gun, Tom Kludt for binoculars, and Mark Beaudoin for the GPS; it gives no ticket sales or financial total.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005771
  2. The club thanks the community, off-island hunters, and Shamrock staff and calls the dinner and raffle successful; this is first-party outcome evidence without attendance or accounting.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005779
  3. The Club announced the November 17 Shamrock dinner, raffle drawing window, ticket prices, 50/50 raffles, and described it as the Club's only fundraiser. This is first-party advance information; the later winner and thank-you posts provide the reported outcome.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005730
  4. The Club announced a firearm-season Big Buck Contest with a $10 entry and 50/50 payout, scored by Deny Keehn on Beaver Island. This is an advance contest notice, not a winner or payout report.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005731
  5. Beaver Beacon, November 2012, "Annual Beaver Island Wildlife Club Raffle" and "Annual Beaver Island Wildlife Club Harold Lounsbury Memorial Dinner."
    Announces the Wildlife Club's 2012 raffle and November 17 memorial dinner at the Shamrock Bar and Restaurant as a primary fundraiser for Island and archipelago projects. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-11_Beaver-Beacon
  6. The held November issue scan confirms the fundraiser announcement.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-11_Beaver-Beacon
  7. The Wildlife Club promoted a raffle and Big Buck Contest during the October 6 Bite of Beaver, with benefits directed toward habitat and fisheries work. This is a same-day fundraiser notice, not a ticket or proceeds report.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005585

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Wildlife Club schedules its 2012 raffle and memorial dinner”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wildlife-club-raffle-dinner-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "Beaver Island Wildlife Club raffle winners," November 18–20, 2012. (and 6 further sources listed on the page).

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