Name: Organizers warn that the 2017 Beaver Island Fourth-of-July carnival may be canceled without volunteers
Start: 2017-06-12
End: 2017-06-19
Location: Beaver Island

Organizers warn that the 2017 Beaver Island Fourth-of-July carnival may be canceled without volunteers

Also Beaver Island Fourth of July carnival volunteer appeal 2017

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TypeEvent

Dates2017-06-12 – 2017-06-19

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 2017-06-12 – 2017-06-19
Kind: Volunteer appeal
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communityvolunteeringtourismcelebration
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

In June 2017, Fourth-of-July carnival organizers warned that the Beaver Island carnival might be canceled unless enough volunteers came forward.

Evidence limits

This is a contemporaneous planning warning. It does not establish whether the carnival was ultimately held or canceled.

Sources

Deb Robert, “Status of 4th of July Carnival,” Beaver Island Forum, June 12, 2017.
An organizer said the carnival would proceed only if enough volunteers could be secured within a week and otherwise might be abandoned. This documents a planning risk at that date, not the eventual outcome.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011702

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Organizers warn that the 2017 Beaver Island Fourth-of-July carnival may be canceled without volunteers”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fourth-of-july-carnival-volunteer-crisis-2017/, accessed [date], citing Deb Robert, “Status of 4th of July Carnival,” Beaver Island Forum, June 12, 2017..

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