Barrie resident Linda Jean Forth has bequeathed $208,000 to the Peterborough Humane Society’s new Peterborough Animal Care Centre.
According to Floyd Storring, executor of Forth’s estate, she was a mechanical engineer who ran the tech department at Georgian College in Barrie for 35 years.
“She travelled the world,” Storring says in a media release from the Peterborough Humane Society. “Most of Europe, Russia, Iceland, and all of Great Britain. As well as Africa, visiting Egypt, Kenya, Rwanda and Mozambique. Climbed to see the silver back gorillas. She boated and swam in the Amazon River and went to the Galapagos, and most of Asia. ”
“She was a pure lover of animals,” Storring adds. “Rather than give gifts at Christmas, we’d receive notes saying we were foster parents to an elephant or tiger. There was obviously something she saw in your organization to warrant her to include you in her will, and to support the amazing work being done by your organization.”
Currently under construction at 1999 Technology Drive in Peterborough, the Peterborough Animal Care is scheduled for completion in fall 2022. The facility will be over 24,000 square feet and include a state-of-the art animal adoption and education centre, a high-volume spay and neuter clinic, and a provincial dog rehabilitation centre.
“We are honoured to recognize Linda, her love for animals, and her contribution to animal wellness through our new centre,” says Shawn Morey, executive director of the Peterborough Humane Society. “This donation to the centre will not only change the lives of the animals in our care but our entire community and beyond.”
“Legacy gifts are an amazing way to leave a lasting impact, and we are truly thankful to be a part of Linda’s legacy. Her passion for animals will live on for generations to come through this gift.”
