The Andrew McMorris Foundation is Awarded the Rising Star Award at the 2022 Long Island Imagine Awards
The Andrew McMorris Foundation is thrilled to announce that we won the Rising Star award at the10th Annual Long Island Imagine Awards!
The Andrew McMorris Foundation Selected as a Finalist for the 2022 Long Island Imagine Awards - Vanguard Insurance Agency Rising Star Award
The Andrew McMorris Foundation is honored to be chosen as a finalist in the 10th Annual Long Island Imagine Awards - Vanguard Insurance Agency Rising Star Award. The Awards Ceremony is April 26 - we’ll find out that night if we’re the winners in our category!
Join the Andrew McMorris Foundation at Walk Like MADD on May 7 at Jones Beach Theater
Join the Andrew McMorris Foundation and Team Fly High Andrew at Walk Like MADD at Jones Beach Theater on May 7, 2022.
Riverhead Patch: 'No One To Open His Stocking': Mom Who Lost Son To Drunk Driver
From the moment they lost their beloved boy, the McMorris family has seen their lives shattered, blanketed by grief that the joy of the holiday season just intensifies. "This holiday I will be putting up Andrew's stocking but it will have no one to open it — and that kind of pain I wouldn't wish on anyone," Alisa said.
NBC News: How New Car Technology Aims to Prevent Drunk Driving Deaths
Legislation tied to the recently signed infrastructure law will mandate the use of new car technology that could stop drunk driving. NBC News’ Kerry Sanders reports on how the tech works and talks to some of those pushing for change.
News 12: New infrastructure deal includes mandate for automakers to put anti-DWI technology into cars
Part of President Joe Biden's newly approved infrastructure bill takes steps to combat drunk driving by mandating new technology for cars. Biden's $1 trillion Investment and Jobs Act includes a mandate for automakers to install monitoring systems to stop drunk drivers in all new vehicles as early as 2026. AMF worked hard with MADD to lobby for the passage of this legislation!
Riverhead Times Review: ‘Surreal’ moment for McMorris family as lobbying efforts lead to drunk-driving detection systems in new cars
As President Joe Biden signed the $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law Monday, Alisa McMorris of Shoreham rejoiced.
Take Action to End Drunk Driving Pass the RIDE Act (S. 1331) and the HALT Act (HR.2138)
The Andrew McMorris Foundation is currently lobbying Congress to pass the Reduce Impaired Driving for Everyone Act of 2019 (RIDE Act - S. 2604 of 2019). The federal legislation calls for the Department of Transportation to issue a rulemaking to equip all new cars with advanced alcohol detection technology that would passively detect whether the driver is drunk. This has the potential to eliminate drunk driving in America.
The Andrew McMorris Foundation Celebrates Its 1st Annual Gala Fundraiser
It’s time for us to come together and honor Andrew’s life while building his legacy.
On the first anniversary of the worst day of our lives, we’re coming together as a community to host the 1st Annual Andrew McMorris Foundation Benefit.
Kathleen Rice Introduce Bills to Combat Impaired Driving | May 2019
Alisa McMorris joined Rep. Rice as she made the announcement at the Drunk Driving Victims Memorial in Eisenhower Park, where she was joined by Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, Exec. Director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) New York Richard Mallow, and Exec. Director of Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Steve Chassman.
MADD Press Conference to Promote NY State Lowering the Blood Alcohol Content | May 2019
We were in NYC for a press conference with MADD NY to promote NYS lowering the Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) down to .05%. There is a bill going to the NY Senate and Assembly to change the law from .08% to .05% and the press conference will help support this common-sense bill in order to save thousands of lives.