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Beaver Island Rural Health Center reports its car-raffle result

Also Beaver Island Rural Health Center car raffle Jeanne Gillespie 2012

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TypeEvent
Date2012-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2012-10
Kind
Fundraising
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Rural Health Center
Eras
Modern era
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fundraisinghealthcarecommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The October 2012 Beaver Beacon reports Jeanne Gillespie as the winner of the Beaver Island Rural Health Center car raffle and approximately $18,700 in profit for daily operations from 361 tickets.

Evidence limits

The amount is the newspaper’s reported raffle profit, not an audited financial statement or complete ticket ledger.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, October 2012, "The Lucky Winner."
    Reports Jeanne Gillespie as the BIRHC car-raffle winner, approximately $18,700 in profit for daily operations, 361 tickets sold, and the named island sellers and businesses that supported the raffle. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held October issue scan confirms the raffle result and reported proceeds.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Rural Health Center reports its car-raffle result”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-birhc-car-raffle-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2012, "The Lucky Winner." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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