D'Arrigo Brothers Funds Donation of Service Dog to Holbrook Veteran

Gabriela D’Arrigo of D’Arrigo Brothers New York (center) and Dori Scofield (left), founder of Paws of War, present Susie, a Blue Heeler support dog, to Holbrook resident Brian Pacella (right), who served as Military Police in Iraq.

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 Museum of American Armor in Old Bethpage.