THEY'LL HAVE TO USE A
PROCEDURAL SHORTCUT SO THEY
CAN DEBATE THE BILL WITHOUT
BEING BLOCKED BY A FILIBUSTER.
LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT
MONDAY, JANUARY 17TH MARKS THE
DAY THAT BETTY WHITE WOULD
HAVE TURNED 100 YEARS OLD.
BETTY SPENT HER LIFE
ADVOCATING FOR ANIMALS AND HAS
HER ONE 100TH BIRTHDAY
APPROACHES. ANIMAL LOVERS ARE
PLANNING AN EVENT TO HONOR HER
LEGACY. IT'S CALLED THE BETTY
WHITE CHALLENGE. JOINING US
LIVE TO EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT
THIS IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
WITH THE OREGON COAST HUMANE
SOCIETY. ELIZABETH THOMPSON,
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD YEAH, JUST EXPLAIN.
WHAT IS THE BETTY WHITE
CHALLENGE? SO BETTY WHITE, AS
YOU SAID, IS A HUGE ADVOCATE
FOR ANIMALS THROUGHOUT HER
CAREER AND HER LIFE. 50 YEARS.
SHE SERVED ON BOARDS. SHE
REPRESENTED ANIMALS THAT
NEEDED IT THE MOST.
AND WHEN SHE PASSED ONE OF
THE RESCUES AND IN BEAUTIFUL
COUNTRY DECIDED THAT WE WERE
GOING TO GET BETTY WHITE
NATIONWIDE EFFORT WHERE
SHELTERS ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO
DONATE BETWEEN 5 $100 IN HONOR
OF BETTY WHITE. AND I THINK
WHEN THIS STARTED, PEOPLE
DIDN'T REALIZE HOW IT'S GOING
TO TAKE BUT WITHIN JUST A FEW
DAYS, IT WAS COVERING EVERY
EVERY MEDIA OUTLET THAT YOU
COULD. WE STARTED RECEIVING
DONATIONS WITHIN 24 HOURS AND
IT'S BEEN REALLY INCREDIBLE TO
SEE THE DONATIONS ARE COMING
FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. THEY
ARE RANGING BETWEEN 5 $100. WE
HAVE A MEMORIAL WALKWAY HERE
THAT PEOPLE CAN BUY A BRICK TO
HONOR SOMEONE AND HAVE A FLAT.
WE HAVE SOMEONE ORDERED ONE OF
RIGHT AWAY. AND SO WE'RE
FLORENCE, WHERE A SHELTER THAT
TAKES IN ALL THE STRAYS IN THE
AREA. BUT WE ALSO DO ANY UNDER
SURRENDERS THAT ARE NEEDING
CARE, CATS AND DOGS ARE OUR 2
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN
REALLY THRILLED TO SEE THE
SUPPORT COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF
OUR IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY
BECAUSE WE ALSO SUPPORT A LOT
OF ANIMALS OUTSIDE OF OUR
IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY. THAT'S
SEE THAT THE DONATIONS THAT
YOU KNOW ARE ALREADY COMING
IN. DO YOU DO HAVE EVENING
PLANS SPECIFICALLY FOR MONDAY
CHS?
SO MONDAY HERE AT THE
SHELTER OR HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE.
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD WHEN WE GET
PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY TO
COME IN AND VISIT WITH THEIR
ANIMALS.
EVERY TIME A SHELTER ANIMAL
HAS A PUBLIC POSITIVE
INTERACTION. IT MAKES THEM
THAT MUCH MORE CONFIDENT FOR
WHEN THEY GET ADOPTED AND THEY
GO OUT INTO OUR COMMUNITIES.
THAT'S IMPORTANT. THAT WILL BE
FROM 11 TO 4 SHELTER AND THEN
ONE OF THE LOCAL RESTAURANTS,
BREWERY, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR
FAVORITE LOCAL RESTAURANTS.
THEY ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO
US TO PLAN AN EVENT. AND SO AT
THEIR RESTAURANT ON MONDAY,
FROM 3 TO 7, ONE DOLLAR FROM
EVERY COCKTAIL. SO WILL GO TO
SUPPORT OUR ANIMALS. THEY'VE
ALSO GOT A LOCAL T-SHIRT
COMPANY WILL BE MAKING
SPECIFIC T SHIRTS. WE WILL GET
A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM
THAT. AND THEY'VE CREATED A
MENU. THAT BETTY WHITE'S
FAVORITE DRINKS AND SO WE'RE
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT
SOUNDS LIKE A FANTASTIC EVENT.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT HOW THE DONATIONS WILL
BE USED. CHS.
SO IN OUR WERE CONSIDERED A
LIMITED INTAKE, WHICH MEANS
THAT AN ANIMAL CAN LIVE HERE
AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO GET
THEM INTO A SOMETIMES THAT
MEANS THEY'RE HERE 24 HOURS.
SOMETIMES THAT MEANS THEY CAN
BE HERE FOR YEARS. AND SO WHEN
YOU'RE OFFERING A COMMITMENT
OF LIFETIME CARE FOR AN ANIMAL
THAT ENTERS THE SHELTER, THAT
COST ADDS UP AND IT ADDS UP
QUICKLY. SO OUR FOOD BILLS
ALONG WITH CARE FOR CURRENTLY
WORKING ON FOR ABOUT 95
ANIMALS IN OUR FACILITY AND
THEN OUR FOSTER HOMES. SO WHEN
YOU THINK ABOUT YOU'VE GOT TO
THOSE ANIMALS, YOU'VE GOT TO
CLEAN EVERY DAY. THEY NEED
FRESH LETTER, FRESH WATER, THE
MONEY THAT IT TAKES TO RUN.
JUST THAT PORTION OF IT BEFORE
EVEN ADD IN THE MEDICAL AND
ANYONE WHO OWNS A PET DURING
THE PANDEMIC KNOWS HOW MUCH
THAT CARE HAS GONE BECAUSE
WE'RE HAVING A NATIONWIDE
SHORTAGE OF AND SO, YOU KNOW,
EVEN THIS WEEK TAKING AN
ANIMAL TO GET AN ANIMAL SPADE
WAS $400 BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE
THAT ALL STAFF. AND SO, YOU
KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE ARE
CONTRIBUTING THAT THAT MONEY,
ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT DO
THE MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION TO
US, THAT'S WHAT MAKE SURE
EVERYBODY IS VACCINATED.
EVERYBODY IS FED. EVERYBODY
GETS THE BEDS AND ANYTHING
THAT THEY NEED.
WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE
THROUGH THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
WELL, HOPEFULLY THIS WILL
INSPIRE SOME ON MONDAY AND IN
THE MONTHS TO COME. I KNOW
EVERYONE WAS JUST SO SO SAD TO
SEE THAT BETTY WHITE DID MAKE
IT TO HER 100TH BIRTHDAY. BUT
I THINK THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A
CELEBRATION. SHE WOULD HAVE
WANTED. ELIZABETH THOMPSON
WITH THE OREGON COAST HUMANE
SOCIETY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US ON AM EXTRA THIS
MORNING AND HAVE FUN ON
MONDAY.
THANK YOU.