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Beaver Islanders collect $540 for the 1987 March of Dimes campaign

Also 1987 March of Dimes Beaver Island campaign

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TypeEvent
Date1987-04
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1987-04
Kind
Fundraising
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The 1987 Beaver Island March of Dimes campaign collected a reported $540, with Connie Wojan thanking the named volunteer marchers and explaining national and local uses of the funds.

Evidence limits

The article provides a reported total and program explanation, not receipts, audited accounts, or an independent campaign report.

Sources

  1. Reports $540 collected by island marchers and describes national research and local prenatal, neonatal, genetics, hospital, nursing, and educational uses of March of Dimes funds. It is a newspaper fundraising report, not an audited receipt ledger. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1987-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held sixteen-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the March of Dimes report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1987-04_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Islanders collect $540 for the 1987 March of Dimes campaign”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-march-of-dimes-campaign-1987/, accessed [date], citing Connie Wojan, “March of Dimes 1987,” Beaver Beacon, April 1987. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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