The Elly Maggiora Fund
Elly Maggiora, a longtime Fair Harbor
resident, always giving of her time to friends, children, cats, deer and
everything living, died on February 24, 2000. She was a supremely talented
woman whose sense of style and taste was unsurpassed.
We will miss her!
Many of Elly’s friends want to show
their regard for her in a way that would reflect Elly’s own special
interests and loves. Among the many things Elly treasured were cats & Fire
Island. In particular, strays that lost their way on FI either through
abandonment or as a consequence of being offspring of wildcats. She spent
many an hour rounding up these strays and carting them off to Dr. Dratch
at the Bay Shore Animal Hospital to have them neutered and tested for
feline leukemia. The Elly Maggiora Fund will pay for neutering,
testing for feline leukemia and, when necessary, euthanasia of stray Fire
Island cats when they are brought to the Bay Shore Animal Hospital.
Any contribution should be in check
form, made out to The Elly Maggiora Fund and sent to:
Elly Maggiora Fund
c/o Dr. Steven Dratch
Bay Shore Animal Hospital
202 East Main Street
Bay Shore, NY 11706
Contributions will be deposited in a
special account set up for this purpose. The contributors will receive an
appropriate acknowledgment and Nevio Maggiora will also be notified of the
contribution. On a biannual basis, Dr. Steven Dratch, Nevio Maggiora, Jean
Ann Ufer and Jack Gellatly will meet to review the previous six-month
activity. If there is a need for more frequent meetings, they will take
place. From time to time it may be appropriate to remind Fire Islanders of
the fund and the services provided by it. If so, the Fire Island News will
publish gratis reminder notices. When the fund is exhausted, a meeting
will be held to determine whether it makes sense to revitalize it.
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