- Dates
- 2019-11-28 – 2019-11-29
- Kind
- Fundraiser
- Where
- place/jewell-gillespie-memorial-beach
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- food-pantryfundraisingcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Island organizers held a Thanksgiving Day polar plunge at Jewell Gillespie Memorial Beach in 2019 to benefit the Beaver Island Food Pantry. Forum updates reported that the associated fundraiser exceeded $4,500 and received local television coverage.
Evidence limits
The amount is organizer/community-reported and not independently audited in the archive; the forum does not preserve a final receipt or pantry accounting.
Sources
- The topic announced a Thanksgiving Day plunge organized by Hilary Rose Palmer and a Facebook fundraiser organized by Michelle Lafreniere. Updates reported $1,525, then nearly $3,000, and finally over $4,500 raised, with a 9&10 News link; the organizer said the total would be updated later, so the amount remains a contemporaneous report rather than an audited receipt.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 14 · t014875
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Thanksgiving polar plunge fundraiser for Beaver Island Food Pantry, 2019”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-thanksgiving-polar-plunge-food-pantry-2019/, accessed [date], citing Bob Sramek and Marie LaFreniere, “Polar Plunge for the Food Pantry,” Beaver Island Forum, November 26–29, 2019..
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