Name: Beaver Island Historical Society launches its museum capital campaign with a House Party
Start: 2014-07-24
End: 2014-07-25
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Dates: 2014-07-24 – 2014-07-25
Kind: Fundraising
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Historical Society
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: fundraisingmusicheritagecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Historical Society held a July 24, 2014 House Party fundraiser at the Beachcomber to launch its museum capital campaign. The program combined island musicians, a presentation about museum improvements, door prizes, and a later thank-you describing the evening as successful.

Evidence limits

The organizer announcement and follow-up establish the purpose and reported outcome, but not attendance, proceeds, or the final capital-campaign result.

Sources

Beaver Island Forum, “Beaver Island House Party,” July 10, 2014.
An early public notice gave the July 24 Beachcomber date and time, $50 ticket price, food, musicians, raffles, and the museum-building purpose. This is an advance announcement; it does not establish sales, attendance, or proceeds.
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Beaver Island Forum, "BI HISTORICAL SOCIETY FUNDRAISER - HOUSE PARTY" and "A Beaver Island Historical Society Thank You," July 17–25, 2014.
Historical Society organizers announced a July 24 Beachcomber fundraiser with island musicians, Laurie Sommers, door prizes, and a five-minute museum-expansion presentation; the follow-up called the event successful and said it kicked off the capital campaign. The posts do not establish attendance or proceeds.
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Beaver Island Forum, "BI HISTORICAL SOCIETY FUNDRAISER - HOUSE PARTY" and "A Beaver Island Historical Society Thank You," July 17–25, 2014.
Historical Society organizers announced a July 24 Beachcomber fundraiser with island musicians, Laurie Sommers, door prizes, and a five-minute museum-expansion presentation; the follow-up called the event successful and said it kicked off the capital campaign. The posts do not establish attendance or proceeds.
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Beaver Island Forum, “Now that was a good party!”, July 25, 2014.
A participant said the fundraiser drew more than twice the anticipated number of people and praised the music, food, and conversation. This is an attendee's impression, not an attendance count or financial report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Historical Society launches its museum capital campaign with a House Party”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-society-house-party-2014/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Beaver Island House Party,” July 10, 2014. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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