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Beaver Island volunteers help rebuild a Gulf Coast home, 2006

Also Beaver Island Good Samaritans Gulf Coast Relief 2006

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TypeEvent
Dates2006-05-06 – 2006-05-13
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
2006-05-06 – 2006-05-13
Kind
Construction
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communitypublic-serviceconstructionreligionemergency-managementcommunication
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Beaver Island

Summary

Five Beaver Island Christian Church members traveled to Grand Bay, Alabama, from May 6 to 13, 2006, to help convert a storage building into a habitable home for storm-affected residents.

Evidence limits

The account documents the volunteer trip and assigned work but not the project’s completion or a full participant roster.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, June 2006, "The Good Samaritans keep Coming."
    Reports five Beaver Islanders traveling to Grand Bay, Alabama, in May 2006 to help convert a storage building into a habitable dwelling after storm devastation, coordinated through church and Lutheran Relief contacts. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the relief report and photographs.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-06_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island volunteers help rebuild a Gulf Coast home, 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-christian-church-gulf-coast-relief-2006/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 2006, "The Good Samaritans keep Coming." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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