Senior LI power couple, dog dedicate retirement to helping Nassau kids

They’re pawsitively wonderful.A senior couple married for nearly 70 years has become the delight of Nassau County, with 20 years of bringing joy to local children, most recently with the assistance of their adorable dog, Daisy.Vic and Judie Horowitz, 92 and 88, of Oceanside, have been regular assistants at Mount Sinai’s Survivorship in Brothers and Sisters, or SIBSPlace, over the past two decades.They steal the show at the Rockville Center facility, which cares for children whose families are fighting serious illnesses like cancer.“We’ve become like their grandparents,” Judie, a former artist, told The Post.

“Sometimes I bump into them in the supermarket, and we stand there hugging each other.”The weekly volunteers know what a simple smile can do for these kids.Vic and Judie dress up in Halloween costumes, play games, tell stories of their younger days, help with homework, and do tons more behind-the-scenes to light up the faces at SIBSPlace.Vic even happily runs trash bags to a dumpster out back, and Judie hand-knits a blanket for every child’s ailing family member.“Basically, we’ve been fortunate and blessed in our lives,” Vic told The Post.

‘When we retired, we felt that we were obligated to give something back — and we had the time to do it.”However, nothing makes the children more enthusiastic than monthly visits from Daisy, a Labradoodle the Horowitzes trained as a therapy dog to engage with local youth.The long married duo also take her to an East Rockaway elementary school and have students read to Daisy as a way to have them feel more comfortable in developing verbal skills.“They get more excited to see her than us,” Vic, who used to work in industrial electronics and lighting, joked.

The pooch is so popular that she has her own business cards, bookmarks, and is featured on a mural on the outside of SIBSPlace.When Daisy joins the group at SIBSPlace, Vic will start with a few simple tricks she was taught, like moving her ri...