Abbott resolved the rift in 1947 when he volunteered to help with Costello's pet charity, a foundation for underprivileged children.

Abramoff funneled much of the money to his pet charities including and many DeLay charities.

But these arthritic old bags would only talk me out of it because their pet charity is the Salvation Army and they'd send the cheque round on a bike.

He played a young US Navy sailor on his way to serve a harsh sentence for stealing $40 from an admiral's wife's pet charity.

"Just name it," I said, keeping my fingers cross behind my back in case it involved giving money to one of his pet charities.

"I have my pet charity, you have yours," Mr. Bates said.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, a pet charity of the Old Guard, will benefit from the preview party of the fall show.

He has his pet charities.

He was generous with pet charities, because he believed in them.

That is, the money is to be divided, after certain bequests to the servants and a couple of her pet charities.