CONWAY — Conway Area Humane Society’s annual Walk for the Animals on Saturday raised more than $36,000 for the animal shelter as of Monday, and according to Executive Director Virginia Moore of the Humane Society, it was a record for the event.
Not only that, but checks are still coming in.
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