The Wild Cats Athletic Club Fathers Charity Flag Football 2019

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.

On September 30, 2018, Troop 161 of Shoreham and the entire Suffolk County Council scouting family was affected by the tragic crash that took place as this group of boys and leaders were on a Sunday hike.  As a result of this crash, scout Andrew McMorris passed away.

We’re very touched that Mid Island Air Service Flight School at MacArthur Airport in Islip honored Andrew by dedicating their flight simulator room to him. Andrew used this simulator many times last summer while he was participating in their Aerocamp and he learned so much about piloting from using it.

Every year, AMF gives out Andrew McMorris Spirit Awards to two deserving 8th graders at Shoreham-Wading River Middle School. The Andrew McMorris Spirit Award was created to honor SWR 8th grade students who exemplify Andrew’s spirit by helping others without the need or desire for recognition.

Congratulations to the 2019 Shoreham Wading River High School First Andrew McMorris Foundation Scholarship recipients; Natalie Epp and Andrew Liguori.

John McMorris, his voice cracking at times, spoke Wednesday of the lifting of grief as he dedicated a rock garden in memory of his son, 12-year-old Andrew, killed when an accused drunken driver plowed into him and his troop of Boy Scouts.

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.

We were so honored by how kind and thoughtful the Air Force Thunderbirds were with us and for them paying homage to Andrew. Andrew loved the Thunderbirds, so it meant so much to us by what they did at the Jones Beach Airshow this weekend. our deepest gratitude to the Thunderbirds as we missed Andrew so much, but their act of kindness brightened our day.

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.

We walked like MADD today at Jones Beach in honor of Andrew and to raise money and awareness of the impact drunk driving has on others. We will continue to walk and fight for Andrew and to hopefully put an end to drunk driving. No more victims!

We commemorated Andrew’s 13th birthday by doing a flight in the same Cessna airplane Andrew flew in this past summer. We have found a newfound respect for piloting an airplane as all three of us took a turn flying. It was a bittersweet, tough day but everything we did today was something Andrew would have wanted to do.

Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney Brendan Ahern conducted a presentation on “Choices and Consequences,” an educational program on drunk, drugged, and reckless driving to Shoreham-Wading River high school students. Introduced by Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini and student Arianna McMorris, the 90-minute program’s message portrayed the importance of safe driving, good judgement, healthy decision making, and arranging alternate plans for transportation if a person feels like they are in an uncomfortable or unsafe situation.

The McMorris Family was honored to speak at this event in Andrew’s memory.

A bittersweet visit to FSANA. It was a great evening talking with flight schools across America. We were completely blown away by the beautiful presentation that honored Andrew as an AeroCamper forever and an FSANA Scholarship in his name.

All proceeds were donated to MADD in Andrew’s honor.

All proceeds were donated to Troop 161 in Andrew’s honor.