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D'Arrigo Brothers Funds Donation of Service Dog to West Babylon Veteran
D'Arrigo Brothers of New York presents $15,000 Check to Paws of War to underwrite the cost of providing a service dog to assist West Babylon
Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano (2nd from left) looks on as Gabriela D’Arrigo, of D’Arrigo Brothers New York (far right), Dori Scofield (3rd from right), founder of Paws of War, and Lynne Schoepfer, a handler from Save-A-Pet (far left) present Lucy, a hound mix support dog, to West Babylon resident Rob Carrozzo (2nd from right).
Carrozzo, a U.S. Navy Petty Officer First Class, was deployed to Iraq three times.
D’Arrigo Brothers of New York, one of the nation’s largest distributors of fresh fruits and vegetables made a $15,000 contribution which underwrote the training of three service dogs that Port Jefferson based, Paws of War, presented to three U.S. combat military veterans who served on the frontlines and now suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).