Do my dogs qualify for the Helmsley’s billions?

I now have five rescued dogs which cost me about $2500 a year. Could the multi-billion dollar Helmsley estate (Leona Helmsley dog foundation?) send me a check for $30,000 for my out of pocket expenses for taking care of them all their lives? Additional grants for my time, goodwill and past rescue efforts will be accepted. Contact Don Koenig at my website email address.

Leona Helmsley’s multibillion-dollar estate may go to dogs — South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

Her instructions, specified in a two-page “mission statement,” are that the entire trust, valued at $5 billion to $8 billion and amounting to virtually all her estate, be used for the care and welfare of dogs, according to two people who have seen the document and who described it on condition of anonymity.

There are many ways the trustees could spend the Helmsley money on dogs. National groups like the Humane Society and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals have programs dedicated to dogs, and many smaller local groups rescue abandoned and abused dogs. Or the trustees could use the trust’s money to finance veterinary schools or research on canine diseases.