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Yesterday…
The
History of The Boy and The Boot
In
1916, the town of Houlton placed a drinking fountain
in Pierce Park. The fountain, in the shape of
a boy holding a leaking boot, was bought with $1,000
donated to the town by Mrs. Clara P. Frisbee to
beautify the park. The statue was by J. W.
Fisk Architectural Metals, Inc., NJ.
Twenty-six statues exist today, nine of them in the
United States. The name of the original
sculptor is not known, and the original mold no
longer exists.
Today…
The Boy
and The Boot Endowment Fund
A
gift to the community, the statue of the boy with
the leaking boot is synonymous with philanthropy.
In 1983, that concept came to represent philanthropy
for healthcare: Houlton's Rotary Club instituted
"The Boy and the Boot Endowment Fund". The
statue's story became the model for a singular
program designed by the club. Five hundred
miniature pewter statues were cast. The mold
was then broken. Each numbered statue
represents a $1,000 pledge to a self-perpetuating
fund that provides financial assistance to Houlton
Regional Hospital for equipment, healthcare
projects/programs and capital needs.
Tomorrow…
The
Promise of Your Pledge Will
Provide available, quality healthcare that would
otherwise be at risk.
The “Boy & the Boot” fund will financially
assist Houlton Regional Hospital to meet the rapidly
changing and critical needs that occur everyday in
the field of healthcare.
Your pledge will assure healthier/happier
today’s and a legacy for healthier tomorrows.
Your pledge continues the
Foundation’s promise of assisting Houlton Regional
Hospital to provide the best quality healthcare to
all those they serve.
The following sponsors contribute
a percentage toward their employee's pledges.
Through payroll deduction, a pledge can cost as
little as $1.50 per week. An individual donor can
pay $100.00 per year ($8.33 each month) and take as
long as ten years to complete a pledge. You, too,
can take part in "The Boy and the Boot Endowment".
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