- Dates
- 1990-07-04 – 1990-08-17
- Kind
- Fundraising
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- familycommunityeducationfundraisingcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The March 1990 Beaver Beacon published Kevin and Linda McDonough’s appeal for support for Children’s Committee 10, a planned summer program that would bring one Catholic and one Protestant child from Northern Ireland to live with a host family for approximately six weeks. A May follow-up thanked the community for its support and donations. The August issue reports that Andrew Darcy and Jim Barr arrived July 4, stayed with the McDonough family, and planned to leave August 17 after fishing, swimming, basketball, and regional trips. A September thank-you reports their safe return home and reproduces letters from Jim and Andrew’s mother describing the lasting value of the visit.
Evidence limits
The March and May items are appeals and schedule notices; the August item is a retrospective newspaper account of the visit. The September letters are family correspondence reproduced by the newspaper rather than independent travel records. The sources do not establish the program’s full funding or all participating families.
Sources
- Describes a planned summer program bringing a Catholic and Protestant child from Northern Ireland to live with a host family for about six weeks, with the McDonoughs seeking community donations for airfare and insurance. 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 · 1990-03_Beaver-Beacon
- Paired held twenty-two-page March issue PDF for the canonical OCR source.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1990-03_Beaver-Beacon
- Thanks the community for support and donations and reports that the two children were scheduled to arrive in Detroit June 30 and return home August 19. 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 · 1990-05_Beaver-Beacon
- Paired held twenty-page May issue PDF.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1990-05_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports Andrew Darcy and Jim Barr’s July 4 arrival, six-week stay with Kevin and Linda McDonough, activities and side trips, and planned August 17 departure through Children’s Committee 10. 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 · 1990-08_Beaver-Beacon
- Paired held twenty-page August issue PDF.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1990-08_Beaver-Beacon
- Thanks the community for supporting the two boys’ visit and reproduces letters reporting Jim’s safe arrival home and Andrew’s return on September 20 after the summer stay. 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 · 1990-09_Beaver-Beacon
- Paired held eighteen-page September issue PDF.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1990-09_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island hosts two Northern Ireland children through Children’s Committee 10, 1990”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-childrens-committee-10-host-family-appeal-1990/, accessed [date], citing “Dear Friends and Neighbors,” Beaver Beacon, March 29, 1990. (and 7 further sources listed on the page).
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