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Beaver Island community holds Donna Gillespie medical benefit, 2008

Also Donna Gillespie benefit 2008

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TypeEvent
Date2008-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
2008-05
Kind
Fundraising
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communityfundraisinghealthcaremusic-folklore
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The June 2008 Beacon thanked the community after a benefit for Donna Gillespie’s medical and travel expenses. The event included a taco buffet, donated appetizers and desserts, and live music by Island performers.

Evidence limits

The newspaper and forum confirm a successful community benefit but do not state the amount raised or provide a complete participant list. The forum is useful for correcting the advertised date and documenting the advance program, not for overriding the newspaper’s post-event acknowledgment.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, June 2008, "Donna Gillespie Benefit".
    Thanks the organizers, Stoney Acre Grill and Donegal Danny's Pub staff, food donors, and musicians after a benefit for Donna Gillespie's medical and travel expenses. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held fifty-two-page issue scan confirms the benefit acknowledgment.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-06_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Contemporaneous announcement and corrections identify the May 16 benefit at Stoney Acre Grill, its free-will-donation purpose, Island-band music, Mexican buffet, and raffle packages. The thread corrects an incorrect date appearing in the Beacon; it does not provide proceeds or attendance.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001134
  4. A post-event thank-you describes the May 16 benefit as a success, names the taco buffet and donated food, and lists Island Soul, RigorMortis, John McCafferty, Brian Roman, and the Boodlers. It conveys organizer/community testimony, not a headcount, proceeds total, or audited expense report.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001151

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island community holds Donna Gillespie medical benefit, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-donna-gillespie-benefit-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 2008, "Donna Gillespie Benefit". (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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