Name: Laraine Dawson thanks Islanders after leukemia remission and benefit auction, 2009
Start: 2009-05
End: 2009-05
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2009-05
Kind: Publication
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcarefundraisingcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Laraine and Larry Dawson thanked Islanders for support during Laraine’s hospitalization and reported that her leukemia was in remission. They also thanked organizers and donors of the Holy Cross and Christian Church “Sweets for Sweetie” silent auction.

Evidence limits

This is a family thank-you notice and does not provide a clinical record, diagnosis, or accounting of auction proceeds.

Sources

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Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 2009, "Thanks" after the Easter Egg Scramble coverage.
Publishes the Dawson family's thanks for cards, calls, visits, prayers, and the Holy Cross and Christian Church Sweets for Sweetie silent auction, and reports that Laraine's leukemia was in remission. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-05_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, May 2009, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the medical thank-you and benefit notice.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-05_Beaver-Beacon
Jeff, "Sweets for Sweetie (Easter Sunday)," Beaver Island Forum, April 4–6, 2009.
The forum announcement advertised an Easter Sunday silent auction of desserts at the Beaver Island Christian Church Fellowship Center to help Larry and Laraine Dawson with expenses. It is a public fundraising notice; it does not establish proceeds or medical details beyond the announcement.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Laraine Dawson thanks Islanders after leukemia remission and benefit auction, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-sweets-for-sweetie-medical-thanks-2009/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2009, "Thanks" after the Easter Egg Scramble coverage. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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