A fundraiser to benefit a scholarship in the memory of late East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School alumnus Keith Lane was postponed to June 2 because of bad weather last weekend.
A yard sale fundraiser was originally scheduled for May 15 at the Vigilant Engine Company No. 1 Firehouse, 5 Main St., in East Rockaway. Lane’s sister, Stacy Lane-Navarra, said the venue would now host the fundraiser on June 2 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Clothing, tools, golf clubs, furniture, custom jewelry, shoes, pocketbooks, toys and other items will be sold at the event. The money raised will benefit the Keith Lane Visual & Media Arts Scholarship, which was set up after his sudden death at age 53 in August 2016 because of Lane’s passion for journalism and media.
“This is all I ever wanted,” Lane-Navarra said of the scholarship. “He will never be forgotten and these kids can hopefully learn and become as great as he was.”
The scholarship will be presented to an East Rockaway senior who plans to pursue a media or communications degree in college. Class of 2017 graduate Mike Saporito was the first recipient of the scholarship last June.