- Dates
- 2017-12-04 – 2017-12-11
- Kind
- Disaster relief appeal
- Where
- Charlevoix
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communitydisaster-responsefundraisinghousing
- Within
- Charlevoix
In December 2017, the Beaver Island Forum circulated a relief appeal after a fire at Tara and Chuck Pop’s home in Charlevoix. A later family statement thanked island and wider community members for food, calls, gift cards, and other support.
Evidence limits
This record preserves a forum-based appeal and first-person family testimony. It does not independently establish the fire’s cause, damage, insurance status, or funds raised.
Sources
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Sources
- A forum intermediary reported a December 4 fire at Tara and Chuck Pop’s Charlevoix home and circulated a GoFundMe appeal; a later post reproduced Tara’s thanks for community support. The archive does not independently verify the fire details, damage, insurance status, or funds raised.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012590
- The family’s reposted statement describes emergency support from relatives, friends, customers, and strangers after the fire. It is first-person testimony about perceived community response, not an accounting of donations or recovery.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012605
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island community circulates relief appeal after Pop family house fire, 2017”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-pop-family-charlevoix-house-fire-relief-appeal-2017/, accessed [date], citing “House Fire” and “Thank You from the Pop's,” Beaver Island Forum, December 6–11, 2017. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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