- Dates
- 2016-03-22 – 2016-04-02
- Kind
- Service transition
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- Pam Nicholas · Ted Nicholas
- Carried out by
- organization/charlevoix-county-commission-on-aging
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- agingpublic-servicescommunityemployment
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In March 2016, the Community Center announced that Pam Nicholas, who provided services to homebound Beaver Island seniors through the Charlevoix County Commission on Aging, would leave the island because of employment cutbacks. A farewell open house was held April 2.
Evidence limits
The first-party notices and community remembrances document the departure and its perceived service impact, but not the precise staffing change or replacement coverage.
Sources
- The Center said Nicholas had provided vital services to homebound seniors through the Charlevoix County Commission on Aging and was leaving because of cutbacks in her employment situation; an April 2 farewell open house followed. The announcement does not document the precise employment change or replacement coverage.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t009986
- A follow-up described Nicholas’s years of service and the loss of daily senior-care support; community members specifically credited her home-care assistance with helping older residents remain on Beaver Island. These are community remembrances, not a staffing or demographic assessment.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010032
Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Pam Nicholas leaves Beaver Island amid Commission on Aging employment cutbacks, 2016”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-pam-nicholas-departure-2016/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Community Center, “Open House for Pam Nicholas 4/2,” Beaver Island Forum, March 22, 2016. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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