Thanks to a big-hearted youngster from Arundel, the kids at Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center will have “stuffed animals on their feet” this Christmas.
That’s how Hunter Barden, 9, describes the 103 pairs of slippers he bought with the $2,055 he raised this year to help young people who are being treated at the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital in Portland. The slippers look like assorted feathered and furry friends: penguins, moose, cows, flamingos, dogs, crocodiles, you name it. Hunter and his parents, Craig and Tabetha, delivered the fancy footwear — five boxes, all stacked on a dolly — to the children’s hospital on Monday.
“I feel pretty good about it,” Hunter said.
Hunter and his parents bought the individually wrapped slippers online from a company that offered them a discount once they learned on whose feet those slippers would go, according to Tabetha.
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