Ted Walinski, 75, from Georgetown Texas died from COVID in 2020, three weeks after getting a kidney transplant. This month the Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter found out he donated $143,000 to the shelter #SoulsLostToCovid statesman.com/story/news/202…
Ted's wife Janet, 67, died of breast cancer in 2015. During their lives they adopted three cats from the shelter and Janet Walinski also brought stray cats to the facility
The Walinskis saw the facility's previous director, Cheryl Schneider, increase the shelter's rate of saving animals lives to 90% and wanted to support that, she said.
The donation will be used to first help sick newborn kittens that usually fill the shelter during the spring and the summer, Valenta said.

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