PAWS Chicago seeing donations from Betty White challenge

Many saying 'happy birthday, Betty White' with donations to local animal shelters

ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team WLS logo
Monday, January 17, 2022
Local animal shelters like PAWS see donations in honor of Betty White
A lot of people are honoring the Oak Park native by making a donation to a local animal shelter or rescue organization.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Monday would have been Betty White's 100th birthday, and a lot of people are honoring the Oak Park native by making a donation to a local animal shelter or rescue organization.

PAWS Chicago has seen some of those donations.

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Susanna Homan, the CEO of Paws Chicago, joined ABC7 Chicago to talk about pet adoption Monday morning.

White spoke about her love of animals on GMA in 2011: "My mother and dad were the same way. And my mother used to tell a story that if, when she brought me home from the hospital, if our cat, Toby, hadn't liked me, I would have been sent right back to the hospital."