D'Arrigo Brothers Funds Donation of Service Dog to East Meadow Veteran

Nassau County Executive, Ed Mangano (left), looks on as Gabriela D’Arrigo of D’Arrigo Brothers New York (2nd from right), and Dori Scofield (right), founder of Paws of War present Nico, a mixed terrier support dog, to East Meadow resident Gus Pappas (2nd from left).

Pappas served as Naval Corpsman in Vietnam, was awarded the Purple Heart, and is a Two-Star retired FDNY Chief.

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) in a ceremony held at the Armor Museum in Old Bethpage.