Trisha Yearwood's Betty White Challenge Fundraiser Raises Nearly $40,000 for Rescue Pets

Trisha Yearwood Betty White Challenge

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Trisha Yearwood noticed Betty White's 100th birthday festivity by bringing countless dollars up in the late legend's honour.

The country entertainer took the viral #BettyWhiteChallenge to a more significant level by working with a fundraiser on TalkShopLive on Monday, January 17-what may have been White's centennial.

The Golden Girls star kicked the pail on December 31, just a short time before the accomplishment birthday. Thinking of her as a commitment to animals, fans thought about the grassroots test engaging individuals to give resources for neighbourhood animal rescue packs in White's name.

Much appreciated partially to VIPs like Yearwood, the #BettyWhiteChallenge was a stunning accomplishment.

"Who doesn't appreciate Betty White?" the craftsman said around the beginning of her #BettyWhiteChallenge fundraiser. "I just think, Betty right by and by is truly happy that this is the way the world is choosing to commend her birthday by accommodating animals, which was uncommonly valuable to her heart."Yearwood's undertakings raised "more than $24k in a brief time frame" for the Dottie's Yard Fund, a benevolent effort she started in 2021 to regard her and life partner Garth Brooks' late canine, Dottie.

Beginning today, Yearwood had raised more than $38,000 for Dottie's Yard. According to People, a Southern Living sister appropriation, the singer and TalkShopLive have both vowed to organize $10,000 in gifts.

"I'm anxious to be a piece of the Betty White Challenge to help with shining a light on the fantastic work that rescues, and safe-havens do, various with simply volunteers and private gifts of food, bedding and time," Yearwood told People.

WATCH: Fans Are Celebrating Betty White's 100th Birthday by Donating to Animal Shelters

White kept a durable commitment to animal government help and security, supporting safe houses, working with the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association, and even stealthily financing a private plane to exhaust a New Orleans aquarium after Hurricane Katrina.

"I now and again say that I want to stay in a hotshot to pay for my animal business," White got a kick out of the opportunity to joke.