One group in Nashville said it raised $1,100 in just 17 minutes on Monday – and more than $30,000 total.
Betty White would have been 100 – and proud – Monday when fans flooded animal groups with donations in her honor. The donations were encouraged byon social media, which asked fans to donate to shelters on January 17, what would have been the animal-loving star's 100th birthday.
White, who died just shy of her birthday, was an animal activist and a volunteer and board member of , the first national humane organization in the U.S. and the largest certifier of animal welfare in the world. In Boston, the Newhouse Wildlife Rescue in Chelmsford said it was"blown away" after $17,000 was donated on White's birthday. The group, which helps rehabilitate orphaned or injured local wildlife, now has the funds needed"to prepare for the coming baby season and the orphans that will flood through our doors,"
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