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LI builder earns award from White House

Gary Zaccaro, a contractor with Ambassador Home Improvement,

Photo credit: Newsday/Danielle Finkelstein | Gary Zaccaro, a contractor with Ambassador Home Improvement, works on remodeling the basement of John Sopack in order to create a germ-free environment. (Feb. 3, 2012)

A Massapequa builder's effort to help an ill stranger make his home safe has earned an award from the White House.

Gary Zaccaro, a contractor who remodeled a basement as a recovery space for a Massapequa Park man undergoing leukemia treatments will receive the gold-level President's Volunteer Service Award, according to the Long Island Volunteer Center, which helps designate recipients. The...

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