Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department Fly-In serves whitefish dinner, 1988

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Event

Date: 1988-09
Kind: Fundraising
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: celebrationcommercepublic-servicecommunitytransportation
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The 1988 Beaver Island Fly-In brought 172 aircraft and supported a Volunteer Fire Department whitefish dinner. After expenses, the event raised $1,200 for fire equipment and a new truck.

Evidence limits

The newspaper gives aircraft, meal, and proceeds totals but not an aircraft roster or audited financial statement.

Sources

The 1988 Beaver Island Fly-In, Beaver Beacon, October 1988.
Reports 172 aircraft, 432 adult and 37 children's whitefish-dinner meals, and $1,200 raised after expenses for Volunteer Fire Department equipment and a new truck. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, October 1988, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twenty-page October issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and preserves the Fly-In report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department Fly-In serves whitefish dinner, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fly-in-whitefish-dinner-1988/, accessed [date], citing The 1988 Beaver Island Fly-In, Beaver Beacon, October 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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