Kennel technician Destany McCune plays with Buck, a lab mix, Thursday at Butler County Humane Society in Connoquenessing Township. The shelter says it reached its goal of raising $20,000 to honor the 100th birthday of late actress Betty White. Joseph Ressler/Butler Eagle

Joseph Ressler

CONNOQUENESSING TWP — The Butler County Humane Society received multiple $100 donations Monday, from people commemorating what would have been the late actress Betty White’s 100th birthday.

Amy Fifield, the humane society’s director of community relations, said the nonprofit set a $20,000 fundraising goal for the “Betty White Challenge” on social media, and the community helped surpass it throughout the week.

“We need money for veterinary care, we do spay and neutering, we microchip all of our animals when they come in,” Fifield said. “We run 100% on donations from the public; there is no local funding source for us.”

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