- Date
- 2005-09-02
- Kind
- Fundraising
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- fundraisingdisastercommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
At the September 2, 2005 Open Mic at the Shamrock, a spontaneous T-shirt auction raised $1,731.90 for American Red Cross relief for Hurricane Katrina victims. The report says the money was sent to the Red Cross.
Evidence limits
The newspaper reports the amount and recipient but does not provide a separate donation receipt or auction ledger.
Sources
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Sources
- Kevin Green and Anna, “Hurricane Katrina Damage,” Beaver Island Forum, September 30–October 1, 2005.A Beaver Island community member reported traveling with his son to Slidell to deliver relief supplies and shared an external photo gallery. The gallery is not preserved locally, so this documents participant-led relief activity and community response, not the extent of damage or an independently audited donation effort.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000457
- Beaver Beacon, October 2005, "Islander Generosity."Reports a spontaneous T-shirt auction at the September 2 Open Mic at the Shamrock that raised $1,731.90 for American Red Cross Hurricane Katrina relief and says the money was sent to the Red Cross. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the relief fundraiser report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Islanders raise $1,731.90 for Hurricane Katrina relief, September 2, 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-katrina-red-cross-tshirt-auction-september-2-2005/, accessed [date], citing Kevin Green and Anna, “Hurricane Katrina Damage,” Beaver Island Forum, September 30–October 1, 2005. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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