A night out for Dennis Sheehan

A NIGHT OUT FOR DENNIS SHEEHAN

For Immediate Release

Contact : Chris Donovan cdonovan@nydailynews.com 917-734-6946

High School Classmates Reunite to Help a Friend

Bayside, Queens – On Friday May 11^th at Bourbon Street Archbishop Molloy Class of 1988 Alumni Chris Donovan, Lareto Evangelista, Charles Rabus, and Thomas Tzimorotas, are teaming up to host a cocktail party for their friend and classmate Dennis Sheehan.

In June of 2015 Dennis suffered a severe stroke and was hospitalized for several months. He encountered a host of issues including significant hemorrhaging of the brain, which led to his inability to speak or move.  It was so severe, in fact, that part of his skull was surgically removed in hopes of allowing the swelling to recede without further brain damage. He was ultimately left with Aphasia, a loss of ability to understand or express speech, caused by brain damage.

Dennis is a Culinary Institute of America trained chef and at the time of the stroke Dennis was pulling double duty, first as a nutrition educator at P.S. 76 A.Phillip Randolph school in Harlem, teaching kids about healthy eating and better lifestyle choices as well as working to get his company “Diatize” off the ground. As a classically trained chef and a type 2 diabetic Dennis was using Diatize to bring diabetic friendly alternatives to classic dishes. In order to fund his mission he was selling his own recipe of tomato sauce “New Yawk Tomata Sawse” to friends, family and supporters.

All of this work came to a halt when he was hit with a stroke. Dennis’ positive energy, amazing sense of humor and his core values of helping others have inspired a Go Fund Me campaign and the event at Bourbon Street on May 11^th

We invite press inquiries to help get the word out as we look to assist Dennis and ease the financial burden of therapy and other ongoing medical costs

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