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Hundreds Of Thousands Raised For CT Animal Non-Profit Ravaged By Barn Fire Hundreds Of Thousands Raised For CT Animal Non-Profit Ravaged By Barn Fire
Hundreds Of Thousands Raised For CT Animal Non-Profit Ravaged By Barn Fire After losing dozens of animals in a barn fire in New Haven County last week, people are digging into their hearts – and their pockets – to help one local non-profit recover from the tragedy. A fire ravaged Kelly's Kids Inc., located at 18 Spring Road in Prospect, on Friday night, Feb. 4, according to a GoFundMe campaign organized by Ashley Kiefer. "The fire grew too quickly to salvage anything else and the barn was quickly engulfed in flames," Kiefer wrote. "The building was completely destroyed, and sadly most of the animals were lost. It is a heartbreaking realization that…

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by David Cifarelli
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Stratford Native Lisa Miskella Gives Farm Animals A Home At Sanctuary Stratford Native Lisa Miskella Gives Farm Animals A Home At Sanctuary
Stratford Native Lisa Miskella Gives Farm Animals A Home At Sanctuary Sometimes, it takes something like surviving cancer to give you a reason to change your life. A lover of animals, Lisa Miskella, a Stratford native, had planned to be a veterinarian, but as often happens, life had other ideas. After a cancer diagnosis in 2012 and a year of surgeries and recovery, Miskella who had raised a family and ran home-based businesses like candle making and party design, decided it was time to go for her dream and created the Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary. “After cancer I looked at life differently and wanted to make my life matter,” said Miskella. “I decided to mak…

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz