Name: Beaver Island quilters distribute four $1,000 community checks after the 2006 raffle
Start: 2006-09-03
End: 2006-09-03
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2006-09-03
Kind: Fundraising
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: fundraisingcraftcommunityfirehealthcareeducationhousingcommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

After its 2006 raffle quilt drawing, the Beaver Island quilt group reported Gary McDonough as the winner and distributed four $1,000 checks: to the Fire Department, EMS, the high-school scholarship fund, and the senior-housing project.

Evidence limits

The short notice does not name the recipient organizations’ accounts or provide a complete raffle ledger.

Sources

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Sources

"Gary McDonough Wins," Beaver Beacon, October 2006.
Reports Gary McDonough as the raffle-quilt winner and four $1,000 checks to the Fire Department, EMS, the high-school scholarship fund, and the senior-housing project. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, October 2006, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the raffle report and photographs.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island quilters distribute four $1,000 community checks after the 2006 raffle”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-quilt-raffle-distributions-2006/, accessed [date], citing "Gary McDonough Wins," Beaver Beacon, October 2006. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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