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Riverhead Move the Animal Shelter group to present town with $73,000 check at ‘Last Bow-Wow’ event Friday night
After nearly six years of tireless fundraising and advocacy, Denise Lucas is packing up her dog toys and calling it quits. For real.
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Hoping to restock local food pantries, residents plan food drive and fundraiser at Polish Hall Monday
Stock the Shelves Holiday Food Drive will be held at Polish Hall on December 7, featuring live music, kielbasa sandwiches, hamburgers, hotdogs and a cash bar.
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‘You can’t fight city hall’: Frustrated animal shelter fundraiser calls it quits
Riverhead Move the Animal Shelter will be “closing its doors” after its 50th and final fundraiser in November. Founder Denise Lucas says dealing with town officials and the lack of progress in building a new shelter has been too stressful.
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Fighting cancer with generosity: In advance of grueling chemo regimen, Riverhead woman donates her hair
When doctors warned Denise Lucas that the aggressive course of chemotherapy she was about to begin would damage her hair, instead of feeling sorry for herself, the Riverhead resident had an inspiration.
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RMTAS founder, facing cancer treatment, looking to wrap up ticket sales for Nov. 29 Suffolk Theater event
Stunned by recent cancer diagnosis, the hard-driving animal shelter activist Denise Lucas is determined to finish ticket sales for RMTAS Nov. 29 fundraiser at Suffolk Theater before beginning treatment.
