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Beaver Island Community Center hosts an indoor Easter egg hunt, 2013

Also Beaver Island Community Center Easter egg hunt 2013

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TypeEvent
Date2013-03
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2013-03
Kind
Celebration
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
celebrationcommunityeducation
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The April 2013 Beaver Beacon described an Easter egg hunt at the Beaver Island Community Center that moved indoors because of heavy snow. The account credits Tina Walker with starting the tradition and describes merchants, volunteers, prizes, and the event’s community role.

Evidence limits

This is a retrospective account of the event and its tradition; it does not provide an attendance count or complete volunteer and donor list.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, April 2013, "Come Out to Celebrate Easter."
    Describes the Community Center Easter egg hunt, merchant-donated prizes, the volunteer tradition begun by Tina Walker, and the event's community and religious meaning. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2013-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held April issue scan confirms the Easter event account.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2013-04_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The Center’s advance notice describes the continuing Easter egg-scramble and Easter Bunny tradition in honor of Tina Walker and the planned 2 p.m. event. The Beacon provides the stronger retrospective account of the indoor event and snow conditions; the forum notice does not establish attendance.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006073
  4. The Community Center’s combined movie notice also schedules the Easter egg scramble for 2 p.m. on March 23. It corroborates the advertised time but does not establish attendance; the Beacon remains stronger for the event’s reported indoor outcome.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006071

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Community Center hosts an indoor Easter egg hunt, 2013”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-easter-egg-hunt-2013/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2013, "Come Out to Celebrate Easter." (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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