Jaime Wawro didn't know Tanya Myers, but has connected with her family and heard their stories and memories. She wants to raise enough money to have a new cat room at the Weyburn Humane Society named after Myers.
Weyburn woman inspired by stories about Tanya Myers and her love of cats
Laura Gillis · CBC News
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As Jaime Wawro drove on Highway 39 recently, she couldn’t stop thinking about Tanya Myers, who was fatally shot while in a moving vehicle on that highway, driving toward Weyburn, Sask., almost a year ago.
With the anniversary coming up, Wawro wanted to do something to honour her.
“I do know that she loved cats. So I was going to do my own thing and give a donation in honor of her to the Humane Society,” Wawro told CBC’s The Morning Edition.
“And then I remembered seeing a post that they were looking for sponsorships for some of their cat rooms. So I was like, 'Maybe I can make this bigger and maybe more people want to join in and help honor her memory of caring for cats.'”
Wawro started a GoFundMe campaign with the goal of raising $30,000 to have the new cat room in the expanded Weyburn Humane Society named after Myers. As of Thursday afternoon, she'd raised just over $3,000.
If she doesn’t raise the full amount, the money will still go toward the Weyburn Humane Society and the cat storage room will be named for Myers instead, the campaign page says.
“It will be great to have her name on that wall in one of the rooms,” Wawro said.
The money will help pay for the cat room and the Humane Society's operations.
Wawro said she didn’t know Myers while she was alive, but since the shooting she’s connected with her family and heard their stories and memories.
“She loved caring for and healing both people and animals, and she loved her family and friends,” Wawro said.
Cats were a big part of the 44-year-old's life.
She had nine of them, and was in tune with them and their needs, according to Penny Myers, Tanya’s mother.
Seeing the support for Wawro’s fundraiser is overwhelming, and the whole family is grateful to the donors, she said.
“I’m so thankful that everyone is doing what they’re doing in memory of her."
WATCH | Cat room fundraiser honours highway shooting victim Tanya Myers: Cat room fundraiser honours highway shooting victim Tanya Myers August 20| Duration 3:03
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Laura Gillis is a Regina-based journalist. You can reach her at laura.gillis@cbc.ca.
With files from the Morning Edition
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