- Dates
- 2023-01-30 – 2023-02-05
- Kind
- Fundraising
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcarecommunityfundraisingfamily
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In January 2023, Beaver Island community members announced a February 5 soup- and-chili fundraiser at Dalwhinnie Bakery & Deli to support Loie Connaghan’s reported cancer treatment and mainland living costs during chemoradiation.
Evidence limits
This is a community fundraising announcement. Its medical details are not a clinical record, and it does not establish donations, treatment completion, or outcome.
Sources
- The announcement described Connaghan’s reported stage 3A squamous-cell carcinoma, planned chemoradiation, mainland lodging and travel costs, and a February 5 soup-and-chili fundraiser and GoFundMe. Medical details are community-reported fundraising information, not a clinical record; the post establishes the announced benefit, not funds raised or treatment outcome.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 17 · t017603
- An earlier community appeal linked to a GoFundMe and said Connaghan was dealing with serious health issues. It does not provide independent medical documentation, fundraising totals, or treatment outcome.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 17 · t017597
- Mortensen Funeral Homes obituary, “Loie Connaghan Obituary,” Beaver Island Forum, February 18, 2023.The later obituary confirms Connaghan’s February 16 death and Beaver Island life but does not confirm the fundraiser’s proceeds or medical treatment outcome. It provides follow-up context, not validation of the fundraising appeal’s clinical details.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 17 · t017617
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island community organizes a fundraiser for Loie Connaghan’s cancer treatment, 2023”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-loie-connaghan-medical-fundraiser-2023/, accessed [date], citing Robert Cole, “Fundraiser for Loie Connaghan’s Medical Treatment at Dalwhinnie Bakery & Deli,” Beaver Island Forum, January 30, 2023. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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