- Dates
- 2020-11-20 – 2020-11-26
- Kind
- Fundraiser
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- organization/beaver-island-food-pantry
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- fundraisingcommunityfoodwayspandemic
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In November 2020, the Beaver Island Food Pantry replaced its regular Polar Plunge with a donation campaign because of COVID-19. Hilary Palmer agreed to make an individual plunge in Charlevoix if the campaign reached $5,000. Forum updates reported that the goal was surpassed at $5,015 before Thanksgiving Day.
Evidence limits
The forum preserves organizer updates and a reported goal total. It does not provide an audited accounting, complete check ledger, or independent record of the plunge.
Sources
- A participant reported a Thanksgiving takeout dinner for people needing a meal, and a follow-up relayed a local news report that Hilary Palmer had completed the Charlevoix plunge after raising more than the $5,000 goal for the Beaver Island Food Pantry. This is community reporting and a reproduced media excerpt, not an audited donation record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 15 · t015865
- Joe Moore announced that the regular Polar Plunge was canceled because of COVID-19 and that Hilary Palmer would plunge independently if donations reached $5,000. Updates reported $2,165, $3,315, $4,215, and finally $5,015 before the Thanksgiving Day plunge in Charlevoix. These are organizer/forum reports, not an audited donation total or bank statement.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 15 · t015849
Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Hilary Palmer raises the Beaver Island Food Pantry Polar Plunge goal, 2020”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hilary-palmer-food-pantry-polar-plunge-fundraiser-2020/, accessed [date], citing Community participants, “Turkey Dinners,” Beaver Island Forum, November 26–27, 2020. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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