‘Fill the Boot’ drives by firefighters have raised $20M a year for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, but who’s getting the money?
Updated Mar 02, 2021;
Posted Mar 02, 2021
Forest Grove Fire & Rescue employees and volunteers hold out their boots for donations to the Muscular Dystrophy Association on Aug. 22, 2014. (Dillon Pilorget/Forest Grove Leader) LC- Dillon Pilorget/Forest Grove LeaderLC- Dillon Pilorget/Forest Grove
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By Bill McMorris | RealClearWire
Thousands of “panhandlers” in oversized suspenders camp outside of town squares and churches and major intersections every Labor Day. Instead of fast food cups, they plead with passersby to donate what they can into large rubber galoshes, exhorting them to “Fill the boot!” Perhaps that is why they are so well-received by busy motorists. It also helps that these men are standing in front of fire engines.
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New Hampshire Magazine
February 26, 2021
It’s hard to imagine the mask-free world just over a year ago, when
New Hampshire Magazine honored me as one of their presidential “Primary Superfans” for zealously pursuing goofy photo-ops from Nashua to Dixville Notch (and every square inch of granite in between).
For the past four presidential election cycles, I’ve photographed White House hopefuls with my favorite cartoon character – Dino Flintstone – as they’ve stampeded through New Hampshire’s apple farms, ice cream stands and diners. It’s a profoundly different ask than the selfie and autograph requests that politicians typically receive. The dinosaur doll catches them off-guard and forces them to momentarily go off script.
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A preview of Palo Alto government meetings for the week of March 1.
CITY COUNCIL . The council plans to meet in a closed session to discuss labor negotiations pertaining to the Utilities Management and Professional Association of Palo Alto, the Service Employees International Union, Local 521; the Palo Alto Police Officers Association; the Palo Alto Fire Chiefs Association; the International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1319; and the Palo Alto Managers Association. The council also will discuss in a closed session existing litigation: Yang Shen v. City of Palo Alto. The council will then consider a proposal from Jay Paul for a new zoning overlay district on Park Boulevard that would allow office uses in seven buildings; appoint new members to the Historic Resources Board and the Planning and Transportation Commission; consider budget amendments and provide direction on rent forgiveness to tenants at city p