Name: Beaver Island Community School hosts chili-soup cook-off and basketball, March 6, 2015
Start: 2015-03-06
End: 2015-03-06
Location: Beaver Island Community School

Event

Date: 2015-03-06
Kind: School community event
Where: Beaver Island Community School
Carried out by: Beaver Island Community School
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communityfoodwaysschoolrecreation
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Community School held a chili-and-soup cook-off alongside basketball on March 6, 2015. A March 9 forum thank-you characterized it as a well-supported community event involving organizers, servers, tasters, and players.

Evidence limits

This record relies on a post-event community thank-you rather than a newspaper report, attendance count, judging record, or financial statement.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Beaver Island Forum, “March 6 BI Alumni Basketball Tournament and Chili Cook Off,” “BI Alumni Basketball Tournament & Chili-Soup Cook-off Up,” and “Meatless Friday Dispensation for Chili Cookoff,” January 28–March 4, 2015.
Earlier organizer notices establish the event’s Sports Boosters purpose, team and chili/soup recruitment, a free-will-donation format, a reported goal of 20 contributors, and Holy Cross’s first-party notice that Father Jim granted a Lenten meat-eating dispensation for participants. These posts document planning and religious context, not final attendance, proceeds, or judging results.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 08 · t008378
Beaver Island Forum, “March 6 BI Alumni Basketball Tournament and Chili Cook Off,” “BI Alumni Basketball Tournament & Chili-Soup Cook-off Up,” and “Meatless Friday Dispensation for Chili Cookoff,” January 28–March 4, 2015.
Earlier organizer notices establish the event’s Sports Boosters purpose, team and chili/soup recruitment, a free-will-donation format, a reported goal of 20 contributors, and Holy Cross’s first-party notice that Father Jim granted a Lenten meat-eating dispensation for participants. These posts document planning and religious context, not final attendance, proceeds, or judging results.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 08 · t008438
Beaver Island Forum, “March 6 BI Alumni Basketball Tournament and Chili Cook Off,” “BI Alumni Basketball Tournament & Chili-Soup Cook-off Up,” and “Meatless Friday Dispensation for Chili Cookoff,” January 28–March 4, 2015.
Earlier organizer notices establish the event’s Sports Boosters purpose, team and chili/soup recruitment, a free-will-donation format, a reported goal of 20 contributors, and Holy Cross’s first-party notice that Father Jim granted a Lenten meat-eating dispensation for participants. These posts document planning and religious context, not final attendance, proceeds, or judging results.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 08 · t008476
Beaver Island Forum, “BICS March 6 Chili-Soup Cook-off & Basketball Tournament,” March 2–5, 2015.
The advance notice scheduled the March 6 cook-off and four-team alumni basketball tournament, described performances by cheerleaders, taekwondo, and strings students, and said proceeds would benefit the BI Sports Boosters. It lists suggested donations but does not provide a financial accounting.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 08 · t008470
Beaver Island Forum, “BICS March 6 Chili-Soup Cook-off & Basketball Thank you,” March 9, 2015.
A post-event thank-you described the March 6 event as a well-supported community gathering involving chili and soup tasting, organizing, serving, and basketball. It expresses hope that the event would become an annual tradition but gives no attendance or financial figures.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 08 · t008486

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Community School hosts chili-soup cook-off and basketball, March 6, 2015”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bics-chili-soup-cookoff-basketball-2015/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “March 6 BI Alumni Basketball Tournament and Chili Cook Off,” “BI Alumni Basketball Tournament & Chili-Soup Cook-off Up,” and “Meatless Friday Dispensation for Chili Cookoff,” January 28–March 4, 2015. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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