Valerie Sanks is an animal shelter volunteer. She collected dollar bills to buy the new kiddie pools.
The donations were pinned to a wall with heartfelt notes. Her efforts were so successful that 17 shelters on the Island got a pool.
Sanks purchased different sized pools for different sized dogs.
She also provided the pools to shelters in Westchester County.
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