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BIRHC reports $1000 in Boat Company support and a $4,379 Auxiliary gift

Also BIRHC reports $1000 in Boat Company support and a $4 · 379 Auxiliary gift

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TypeEvent
Date2003-09
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
2003-09
Kind
Fundraising
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Boat Company donated nearly $1,000 in transportation support for the Karmanos mammogram van and new Health Center equipment, while retiring BIRHC Auxiliary president Marilyn Damstra presented a $4,379 check in September 2003.

Evidence limits

The article reports organizational acknowledgments and amounts, not audited accounts or the complete Auxiliary fundraising history.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, October 2003, “BIRHC Board Thanks Community for Support”.
    Reports Boat Company payment for Karmanos mammogram-van transport, half the cost of donated-equipment transport, a total donation just under $1,000, and Marilyn Damstra’s $4,379 Auxiliary check after twenty years of service. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the October 2003 report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “BIRHC reports $1000 in Boat Company support and a $4,379 Auxiliary gift”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-birhc-community-support-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2003, “BIRHC Board Thanks Community for Support”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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