Rita Gillespie memorial blood bank is announced for Beaver Island, 1988

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Event

Date: 1988-08-17
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcarecommunitypublic-servicecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The July 1988 Beaver Beacon announces an August 17 Red Cross blood drive at Beaver Island Community School in memory of Rita Gillespie. The notice reports that 96 pints were collected the previous year.

Evidence limits

This is an advance public-service notice; it does not establish the later drive’s attendance, collection total, or medical use of donated blood.

Sources

“Blood Bank, August 17, 1988,” Beaver Beacon, July 1988.
Announces a Red Cross blood drive at Beaver Island Community School in memory of Rita Gillespie, with 96 pints collected the previous year and a goal of increasing participation. 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 · 1988-07_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, July 1988, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eighteen-page July issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-07_Beaver-Beacon
First Annual Rita Gillespie Memorial Blood Drive a Success, Beaver Beacon, September 1988.
Reports the completed August 17 drive collected 110 units in six hours, exceeding the Red Cross goal of 100, with support from volunteers, the Medical Center, EMS and Rescue, Island Airways, the Boat Company, and the Community School. 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 · 1988-09_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, September 1988, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twenty-two-page September issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the completed blood drive.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-09_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Rita Gillespie memorial blood bank is announced for Beaver Island, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-rita-gillespie-memorial-blood-bank-1988/, accessed [date], citing “Blood Bank, August 17, 1988,” Beaver Beacon, July 1988. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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