Family continues fundraiser for PAWS in memory of great-grandmother

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 20 February 2024 at 4:03 pm

Photos courtesy of Elizabeth Pera

ALBION – The great-grandchildren of the late Judy Grabowski presented a check today for $685 to the PAWS Animal Shelter on Gaines Basin Road in Albion. The money came from a Super Bowl Square fundraiser with some of the players donating extra for PAWS. Donna Vanderlaan, a PAWS board member, is in back.

The donation was presented by Caleb, Leah and Eli Prior of Hilton on what would have been Grabowski’s 86th birthday. PAWS was one of her favorite organizations to give to, said her daughters Pat Fredendall of Holley and Elizabeth Pera of Hamlin.

Grabowski was known as “Mema” to the great-grandchildren. She was a Holley resident who donated often to PAWS in memory of friends who passed away, and as memorials for pets in the family that also passed.

Grabowski’s great-grandkids play with some of the animals at PAWS.