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Fire Department Auxiliary reports a $666.24 profit from its first New Year’s Eve party

Also Beaver Island Fire Department Auxiliary New Years Eve party 2002 2003 · $666.24 benefit

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TypeEvent
Dates2002-12-31 – 2003-01
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
2002-12-31 – 2003-01
Kind
Fundraising
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
firefundraisingcommunitycelebration
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Fire Department Auxiliary reported a $666.24 profit from its first New Year’s Eve party and thanked donors and attendees. The follow-up also recorded community feedback favoring a youth-friendly early time slot and discussing the choice of a DJ versus a live band.

Evidence limits

The report is the Auxiliary’s own financial and event summary, not an audited statement.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, March 2003, “Thanks from the Fire Department Auxiliary.”
    Reports a $666.24 profit, thanks donors and attendees, and records feedback about children’s karaoke, DJ music, and possible changes for the next party. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the March 2003 report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-03_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Fire Department Auxiliary reports a $666.24 profit from its first New Year’s Eve party”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fire-department-auxiliary-new-years-party-outcome-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2003, “Thanks from the Fire Department Auxiliary.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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