- Date
- 1978-02
- Kind
- Fundraising
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcareeconomycommunityconstruction
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The February 1978 Beaver Beacon reports that the Medical Center Building Fund had raised $14,907.65, that the Medical Auxiliary had accumulated more than $12,000 and transferred $11,500, and that an expensive X-ray purchase left the fund with less than $2,200 on hand against more than $12,000 in near-term bills.
Evidence and limits
These figures are source-reported fundraising and financial claims, not an audited ledger, invoice file, equipment inventory, or completed project account.
Sources
- Reports $14,907.65 raised by Helen Cooper’s committee, more than $12,000 accumulated by the Medical Auxiliary with $11,500 turned over, the prior $765.80 New Year’s Eve proceeds, pledged equipment and materials, a $20,000 X-ray machine with $13,000 charged to the fund, less than $2,200 on hand, and over $12,000 in bills due. The article is a newspaper financial appeal, not an audited ledger, invoice file, equipment inventory, or completed construction account. 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 · 1978-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page February issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the reported fund figures and crisis appeal.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1978-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Medical Center Building Fund crisis and pledged support, 1978”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-medical-center-fund-crisis-1978/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1978, “Medical Center and Medical Auxiliary News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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