- Date
- 1987-10
- Kind
- Fundraising
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- public-servicefundraisinghealthcarecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Beaver Island’s first blood drive collected 93 units for the Red Cross, beating Mackinaw Island’s reported 69 units. The October 1987 Beaver Beacon credits island donors, EMTs, Medical Center staff, the school, Island Airways, the Boat Company, and volunteers.
Evidence limits
The newspaper reports the collection total and community support but does not provide the Red Cross drive ledger, donor list, or medical-use outcomes.
Sources
- Reports 93 units collected for the Red Cross versus Mackinaw Island’s 69, support from EMTs, Medical Center staff, the school, Island Airways, and Beaver Island Boat Company, and a promised community fudge social. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1987-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page combined August–September and October–November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the blood-drive report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1987-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island’s first blood drive collects 93 units for the Red Cross, 1987”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-blood-drive-1987/, accessed [date], citing “Beaver Island Tops Mackinaw Island,” Beaver Beacon, October 1987. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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