Daisy Day Raises $1,300

The total is in and $1,300 was raised during Daisy Day Tuesday, August 16, for the Stella King Scholarship Fund. The scholarship supports students graduated from Mackinac Island Public School.

Money came from the sale of raffle tickets, daisies, and donations.

The Balsam Shop, Roses and Sadie, the Jaunting Cart, the Gift Horse, and Candy Smith donated items for the raffle, and several Island shops allowed daisy piggy banks to be placed in prominent locations in their stores for donations.

“Stella would appreciate the fact that she created something that stirs up memories in people,” event organizer Barb Fisher said of people’s reaction to this year’s fundraiser.