Thank you for joining AMF at Duck Pond Day in Wading River. Thank you to everyone who stopped by, bought merch and donated. We truly appreciate all your support. Peace & Love to you all!

AMF attended Walk Like MADD and helped advocate for legislative change in New York State.

The Andrew McMorris Foundation and McMorris Family would like to send a heartfelt thank you to the All Star Dance academy for dancing for Andrew in the Kindness Matter Power of Dance Competition.

Andrew’s 2nd Top Gun Run was an overwhelming success and we have so many people to thank. Please know that each one of you from our sponsors, donors, volunteers and runners helped us put our pain to purpose and have an amazing event in honor of Andrew.

Runners hit the pavement Saturday morning in Calverton in honor of a late Boy Scout from Wading River

Andrew's Top Gun Run 5K honors the life of 12-year-old Andrew McMorris, who was struck and killed by a drunk driver as he was hiking with Boy Scout Troop 161 in Manorville in September 2018.

Saturday marked what would have been Andrew’s 17th birthday.

Through rain and at times, hail, determined runners took to a runway in Calverton Saturday in honor of a Boy Scout who once dreamed of soaring through the skies.

The second annual Andrew’s Top Gun 5K was held in honor of Andrew McMorris, who was killed by a drunk driver while hiking along the Greenbelt Trail in Manorville in September 2018.

“We see Andrew’s friends growing up around us, but Andrew is frozen in time at 12 and a half,” his mother, Alisa, said Sunday. “By bringing people together, what we’re finding is that our community remembers.”

CALVERTON, NY — Andrew McMorris of Wading River, a Boy Scout who was killed by a drunk driver in 2018 while out on a hike with his Boy Scout troop when he was just 12 years old, had dreams that soared. He loved aviation and longed to be a pilot one day — until his life was cut cruelly short.

To honor his beautiful life, his family, the Suffolk County Council of Boy Scouts and the Andrew McMorris Foundation will once again host "Andrew’s Top Gun Run 5K" to celebrate what would have been Andrew’s 17th birthday — along with his passion for aviation and Scouting.

ALBANY, N. Y.—Alisa McMorris totes a wagon filled with leaflets and a picture of her son Andrew, who was killed by a drunken driver in 2018, as she makes the rounds in the state capitol.

The 49-year-old Long Island woman, a member of the advocacy group Mothers Against Drunk Driving, is pressing legislators to pass a new state law that she says could decrease such tragedies: lowering the legal threshold for what constitutes driving under the influence of alcohol.

On March 25, participants will gather for the second annual Top Gun Run to benefit the Andrew McMorris Foundation and Suffolk County Council of Boy Scouts. This 5K run/walk will take place on an actual runway at the EPCAL property in Calverton, NY. The race is named after Boy Scout Andrew McMorris, who was killed by a drunk driver while hiking the Greenbelt Trail in Manorville with his Boy Scout Troop. Several other Scouts were severely injured as a result of this tragic crash. The lives of his family, friends, community and fellow scouts were forever changed by Andrew’s loss.

Thank you to all who supported MADD's 2nd Annual Battle of the High School Jazz Bands at NYCB Theater at Westbury! The Andrew McMorris Foundation was honored to sponsor this event and present the awards to the winning bands with MADD Regional Executive Director Shawn Hirst, Regional Development Director Tara Spohrer, and Nassau County Police Department Inspector Gus Kalin.

The Andrew McMorris Foundation will host its second annual Andrew’s “Top Gun” Run 5K on the runway of the Enterprise Park at Calverton on Saturday, March 25. Funds raised by the event will be split between the foundation and the Suffolk County Council of Boy Scouts of America. Andrew McMorris, a Boy Scout with Troop 161, was killed by a drunk driver while hiking the Greenbelt Trail in Manorville in September 2018. He was 12.

Thank you to Digital Waterworx for their video production of our 4th Annual AMF Gala! Relive the night and incredible performances.

A heartbroken Long Island mother is pushing for the passage of a new state law that would lower the legal blood alcohol content limit for charging someone with driving while intoxicated.

On the day that marked 1,591 long days since Alisa and John McMorris of Wading River lost their son, Andrew — Andrew was killed by a drunk driver while out hiking with his Boy Scout troop in Manorville in 2018 — the heartbroken parents traveled with others to Albany to advocate for lowering the legal blood alcohol limit in New York from .08 to .05.

Thank you for all of your support throughout the trial. We’re now awaiting the 2nd Circuit Appellate Court decision.

To read more about the sentencing and trial, please check out this article from the Riverhead News Review.

On Saturday, March 25th the Suffolk County Council of Boy Scouts of America and the Andrew McMorris Foundation will host the Second Annual Andrew’s Top Gun Run to raise the funds for Scholarships and Scouterships.  

Alisa & Arianna McMorris represented MADD and AMF at a NYC Press Conference for a safer holiday, joining The New York City Police Department (NYPD), the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT), NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC), and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH).

Wishing everyone a very happy, healthy and safe holiday season! Please keep Andrew’s spirit alive during his favorite holiday, and if you drink, please find a sober friend to drive. Love and Peace to one and all.

Help Us Reach Our Holiday 2022 Fundraising Goal!

Choose your donation level and directly support the work of the Andrew McMorris Foundation this holiday season. In 2022 alone, we were able to provide the funds to allow 5 aspiring pilots to attend AeroCamp, help 3 Scouts complete their Eagle Scout projects, and send off a record 42 local students to college with our scholarships

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