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Tuscan Brands donates $26,000 to Lazarus House

Local restaurant raises $26,000 for homeless shelter

On Thursday, December 15, representatives from Lazarus House Ministries, a non-profit organization in Lawrence MA that fights homelessness, were on hand at Tuscan Market in Salem NH to receive a donation from Tuscan Brands’ Joe Faro. The owner of Tuscan Kitchen & Market (Burlington MA and Salem NH) presented the organization with a check for $26,436.00 that was raised at Tuscan Market’s fifth annual Toscana Fest street fair back in October. The total amount of money raised by Toscana Fest over the last five years now exceeds $70,000.

Pictured, left to right:
Bridget Shaheen, Executive Director for Lazarus House

Kelley Granahan, Director of Development for Lazarus House

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Joe Faro, Chief Food Taster of Tuscan Brands

Maureen Murtha-Burns, Events Manager for Lazarus House

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