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The Andrew McMorris Foundation is proud to announce the winners of our 2024 Scholarships and Grants.

“Walking on that stage, receiving the diploma, was an experience that I can hardly put into words,” Alisa McMorris said. “If there were any doubts, it washed away ... when they called Andrew’s name and the entire school began to clap and stand almost instantaneously.”

Andrew's death rocked the community — and the many who loved him will never forget. The school district has decided to Andrew with a posthumous diploma, his mother, Alisa McMorris, told Patch.

While his classmates wore caps and gowns during graduation rehearsal Thursday, a photo of 12-year-old Andrew McMorris, frozen in time, joined the Class of 2024.

Andrew, who was killed in 2018 by a drunken driver while hiking with his Boy Scout troop in Manorville, had so many moments stolen from him: Christmases, birthdays, going to college.

But his parents, Alisa and John McMorris, of Wading River, vowed they would not miss out on his high school graduation. On Friday night, they accepted his posthumous diploma at Shoreham-Wading River High School as his name is read with his class.

We are excited to announce the Andrew McMorris Garden at SWR High School Amphitheater. We extend our sincere gratitude to the generous local businesses who have made this project possible.

This checkpoint was dedicated in Memory of Andrew McMorris who was killed due to the actions of a drunk driver. As we progress into the holiday weekend, we must remember to make a plan especially if plans include alcohol.

AMF joined MADD for a Battle of the High School Jazz Bands.

On what would have been Andrew McMorris's 18th birthday, the many who loved him will gather again for an event meant to celebrate his life and keep his legacy alive.

On Saturday, March 30, the Suffolk County Council of Boy Scouts of America and the Andrew McMorris Foundation will host the 3rd Annual Andrew’s Top Gun Run, to raise the funds for scholarships and for Scouting, which Andrew loved.

The family of a young person who died too young is gearing up for a celebration of his life and legacy on what would have been his 18th birthday.

The Andrew McMorris Foundation and the Suffolk County Council of Boy Scouts will be hosting the third annual Andrew’s Top Gun Run 5K on March 30 on the runway at Enterprise Park in Calverton marking the special milestone.

An empty runway where a Wading River boy learned to ride his bike, before dying when he was12 because of a drunken driver, soon will be the site of a bittersweet celebration.

On Saturday, family, friends and other Long Islanders will mark what would have been Andrew McMorris' 18th birthday with a 5-kilometer run event at Enterprise Park at Calverton. 

The Andrew McMorris Foundation 5th Annual Year in Review showcases journey the foundation took from September 2021 to September 2022. Produced and edited by Hollywood East Video https://hollywoodeastny.net

Once again, an event will take place to honor a Boy Scout killed in 2018 when a drunk driver plowed into their troop — and keep his memory alive forever through a rich legacy of giving back. In memory of their precious boy, who loved nothing more than soaring through the sky and dreamt of flying planes, the Andrew McMorris Foundation's 5th Annual Gala will take place Friday, September 29, at the Cradle of Aviation from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m

While on a boy scout hike, in Sep. 2018, 12-year-old Andrew McMorris was struck and killed by a drunk driver. Friday at an Assembly committee hearing on impaired driving, the McMorris family traveled to Albany to tell lawmakers Andrew's story.

The Andrew McMorris Foundation is thrilled again to announce another record-breaking year for our scholarships, grants, and spirit awards.

Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon teamed up this week with Mothers Against Drunk Driving and the parents of a 12-year-old Boy Scout killed by a drunk driver in 2018 to prevent tragedy during one of the deadliest times of year for motorists.

This summer, Andrew McMorris would have been 17 years old.

But the bright-eyed child from Wading River was killed when he was 12 in 2018 after a drunk driver in an SUV plowed into his Boy Scout troop, which was hiking the Greenbelt Trail in Manorville.

“We don’t want what happened to us to happen to anyone else,” his father John McMorris said on Thursday, at a press conference with Suffolk County Sheriff Errol D. Toulon, Jr. and Mothers Against Drunk Driving to spotlight significantly increased, countywide DWI enforcement this summer.

A family who knows the pain of drinking and driving stood alongside officials as they made their announcement about patrols on Wednesday.

Alisa McMorris lost her 12-year-old son to a drunk driver in Manorville in 2018.

"Andrew was taken from this Earth too soon, and this is how we move forward, by trying to prevent someone else from going through something so horrible," McMorris says.

Suffolk County Sheriff Errol D. Toulon, Jr. was recently joined by the McMorris Family and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Regional Director Paige Carbone to announce a summer STOP DWI campaign, Operation HEAT, which aims to ramp up already increased efforts that include the highest number of DWI patrols and arrests in recent Sheriff’s Office history.

A Wading River family shattered by grief after their son, Andrew, 12, was killed by a drunk driver in 2018 while out on a hike with his Boy Scout troop, has worked tirelessly to create change so that no other family has to endure that agony. And now, they've teamed up with law enforcement and Mothers Against Drunk Driving to keep Long Island roadways safe this summer.