‘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.
Election Could Reshape Labor Movement
A rare contested race for president of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) has given its members a clear choice between a union traditionalist from Boston and a progressive activist who backed massive labor protests against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker a decade ago and then joined electoral efforts to oust the anti-union Republican.
In mail balloting already underway, 3,400 local union delegates are casting votes on behalf of 320,000 IAFF members throughout the U.S. and Canada. They are choosing a replacement for 75-year old Harold Schaitberger, a full-time union official for more than four decades and a longtime mover-and-shaker in national Democratic Party circles, who announced his retirement last fall. Vying to succeed him are IAFF Secretary-Treasurer Edward Kelly, a 47- year old Air Force veteran and former leader of the union’s Massachusetts branch, and Mahlon Mitchell, a 43- year old African-American from Madison,
photo: Marianna Massey
From left: An untitled painting by Cora Kelley Ward in collectors Tim and Dana Miller’s home in Lafayette, Louisiana; Ward in 1950; a selection of Ward’s artworks from the 1960s and ’70s.
Her name was Cora Kelley Ward, and they’d arranged her paintings in piles on the floor of a loading bay. At the start of the sale there had been around eight hundred works to choose from. Now, four days later, there were fewer than three hundred left, and the price for a canvas had been reduced to a dollar a square foot, down from two dollars.
Ames Tribune
The Ames Community School District’s plan to have a Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action next week has prompted hundreds of comments in recent days across social media, as well as many shared directly with the district’s school board.
The district’s plan is to have teachers each day Feb. 1-5 engage with a set of guiding principles, through age-appropriate lessons and activities, “to affirm all Black identities by centering Black voices, empowering students, and teaching about Black experiences beyond slavery,” according to a post on the district site.
Many of the hundreds of comments on the district’s Facebook post about the Week of Action expressed support, while others were concerned about what exactly children would be learning next week.
Three New Mexico club stores offer click-and-collect service via Instacart
After not having previously offered a click-and-collect option, Costco Wholesale has begun piloting curbside pickup for groceries at several warehouse clubs in New Mexico.
Issaquah, Wash.-based Costco hasn’t officially announced the test, but a page on the retailer’s website said same-day Costco Curbside Pickup powered by Instacart is now available to members at three clubs in Albuquerque, N.M. Users can choose from a selection of about 2,000 grocery items, including fresh food and some nonfood products.
To access Costco Curbside Pickup, members go to Costco.com and click on “Grocery” and select “Same-Day Delivery” and then “Pickup,” after which they choose the club pickup location and begin shopping. Costco noted on the website that the online shopping cart for pickup, which uses Instacart technology, isn’t part of the Costco.com virtual cart and requires separate checkout.