This article was featured in WYDaily on 1/13/22.
Thinking of Betty White almost instantly finds people starting to hum the sunny, catchy Golden Girls television show theme song she starred on, “Thank You for Being a Friend.” Just over a year after her passing, White’s famous passion for the protection of pets continues with a viral fundraiser that continues celebrating friendship. The Heritage Humane Society is joining in the upcoming Betty White Challenge on Jan. 17 and making it fun for community pet lovers to donate, match meal-for-meal, and even play trivia to benefit the shelter’s homeless pets.
Join the cause fit for a Golden Girl
This year marks the second anniversary of the Betty White Challenge. The #BettyWhiteChallenge was launched nationwide in Jan. 2022 in recognition of White and her support of animal welfare causes over the years. The eight-time Emmy winner was long-serving board member for the Los Angeles Zoo died on New Year’s Eve 2021, just 18 days shy of her 100th birthday. Pet lovers everywhere united online to carry on her cause for donating to local shelters.
