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Woman alleges Shake A Paw sold her sick dog who is suffering from Stage 4 lung cancer. “He surprised me with the With her husband battling dog wrapped in a blanket,” Bergterminal cancer, Linda Berg- felder said of Christopher. “It felder received a gift from her made me cry.” son Christopher. He tried to Her mood quickly changed cheer her up by buying her a when Gizmo began having diarpuppy from Shake A Paw in Lyn- rhea, was discovered to have brook. Her glee turned to grief, worms, lost his appetite and however, when the Yorkie, didn’t sleep, causing her to stay Gizmo, suddenly got up at night with him, sick. she said. Bergfelder Earlier this said she took the dog month, Nassau to a veterinarian Supreme Court Juswho was recom tice Helen Voutsinas mended by Shake A ended a three-month Paw employees, and ban on the purchase though her dog was of animals for resale dewormed and given imposed on Shake A pills, he is still exhibPaw stores in Lyniting symptoms, and brook and Hicksshe isn’t sure what is ville. State Attorney LINDA ailing him. She G e n e r a l L e t i t i a BERGFELDER added that she James had levied the planned to take him Shake A Paw ban in December, to her own veterinaraccusing the busi- customer ian on Tuesday, after nesses of knowingly the Herald went to selling sick dogs. press, and that she Before that, they were permitted had spent $1,500 in vet bills to sell the dogs they had pur- already. chased before the ban. “He’s a good dog, very well Bergfelder said her son had behaved, but I’m worried about purchased a dog for her three him,” she said. “I don’t care months ago to cheer her up about the money. He’s beautiful because she was going through a and I don’t want him to be sick, difficult time caring for her hus- and I’m really upset about it.” band, Roland, a Vietnam veteran CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com
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Courtesy Taryn Accurso
SEVEN THIRD-GRADERS FROM Centre Avenue Elementary School got together to host a fundraiser to purchase teddy bears for children in Ukraine. Taking part were, from left, Olivia Santora, Scarlett Quiroz, Isabella Posner, Avery Goldfat, Katie Lam, Scarlett Lieb and Brooke Olsen.
Pitching in to help Ukraine
Third-graders raise funds to buy bears for kids By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com
When seven Centre Avenue Elementary School students learned about the war in Ukraine, they banded together to help cheer the spirits of children in that war-torn country. The third-graders hosted “We Stand with Ukraine: A fundraiser for kids, by kids,” selling brownies, bracelets, cupcakes, bookmarks, lemonade and other items to raise money to purchase teddy bears to send to Ukraine. “We heard a story about how a boy in Ukraine got a teddy bear, and it made us want to start and help more people like that,” Scar-
lett Quiroz said. Scarlett joined forces with her friends Olivia Santora, Isabella Posner, Avery Goldfat, Katie Lam, Scarlett Lieb and Brooke Olsen, all 8- and 9-year-olds. Olivia’s mother, Taryn Accurso-Santora, arranged for the event to take place at her home, and the girls ended up raising nearly $500 for the cause. “It was a great feeling knowing that your child wants to do something positive for the world,” Accurso-Santora said, “and the fact that they thought of it themselves is pretty much amazing. They’re such a good, sweet group of girls.” Accurso-Santora said the parents were still CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
’m worried about him. I don’t care about the money.