The Emily C. Specchio Foundation

Exciting news! As a special gift to celebrate our 10 year anniversary, we are teaming up with BlinkNow (Founded by 2015 CNN Hero of the Year and Mendham Native Maggie Doyne) to match your donations into a significant donation to help the children of Nepal. Read more below!

The 8th annual “A Night with an Angel” will be held on September 15th, 2014. The RSVP deadline has been extended to September 8th, 2014.

Two easy ways to RSVP :

1)  By Mail: Print out the below response card (click here for PDF version) and mail in with check payable to”Emily C. Specchio Foundation” to:

2) Online: Send your name, address, phone, and email to kate@emilycspecchiofoundation.org (or through the contact page) along with the number/names of those attending and any seating requests. You may pay for the event ($110/person) online through paypal (click “donate” button in left column). A confirmation email will be sent for your reservation.

A huge thank you to all our incredible supporters for helping make our 6th Annual “A Night with an Angel” on September 10th, 2012 such an astounding success. We had over 250 attend the dinner and had our most successful silent auction to date! We hope you were inspired by all the work being completed by young people to make a difference. Emily’s giving spirit is still going strong through others.

Please check our photo gallery for photos from the event.

Below is the inspiring video shown at the dinner featuring our past and present scholarship and ambassador winners and how Emily’s legacy continues to inspire:

The 6th annual “A Night with an Angel” will be held on September 10th, 2012.

Two easy ways to RSVP (The deadline has passed, but we are still gladly accepting responses!):

1)  By Mail: Print out the below response card (click here for PDF version) and mail in with check payable to”Emily C. Specchio Foundation” to:

2) Online: Send your name, address, phone, and email to kate@emilycspecchiofoundation.org (or through the contact page) along with the number/names of those attending and any seating requests. You may pay for the event ($110/person) online through paypal (click “donate” button in left column). A confirmation email will be sent for your reservation.

Thank you for your support of The Emily C. Specchio Foundation!

We have moved the foundation event this year from recognizing Emily’s day of passing to celebrating Emily’s day of birth.

Please join us in celebrating Emily’s life and the 6th year of the Emily C. Specchio Foundation on:

Monday, SEPTEMBER 10th, 2012.

The Madison Hotel, Morristown, New Jersey

Check back shortly for invitations and RSVP instructions. We look forward to another fantastic event this fall!

We congratulate Emily’s sister and brother-in-law, Kate and Joe Barrientos on the birth of their first child, Nolan Lucas, on April 3rd, 2012.



We have awarded our 2011 Ambassador grant to Paola del Prado for her inspiring project “Empowering Dominican Women through traditional crafts”. Paola has traveled down to the Dominican Republic with Eileen Specchio’s nursing trip this past March and was inspired to action after seeing the extreme poverty in the country. Her project involves teaching the women of the poor rural town of San Juaquin a profitable trade (making jewelry) and assisting in the sales of these crafts.

Paola in the Dominican Republic

We can’t wait to follow how her project progresses! If you’d like to know more, please visit her website!

Photos are now available from our 5 year anniversary “A Night with an Angel” event held on May 2nd. You can find them on our photo gallery page. You can also find them on our facebook page – “like” us and be the first to hear about news/events! The photos may also be easiest to download and share from facebook or our picasa page. Thank you again for making this event our most successful to date!

We thank you all for your constant support of The Emily C. Specchio Foundation!

Two easy ways to RSVP (deadline has passed, but we never turn people away):

1)  By Mail: Print out the below response card (click here for PDF version) and mail in with check payable to”Emily C. Specchio Foundation” to:

2) Online: Send your name, address, phone, and email to kate@emilycspecchiofoundation.org (or through the contact page) along with the number/names of those attending and any seating requests. You may pay for the event ($100/person) online through paypal (click “donate” button in left column). A confirmation email will be sent for your reservation.

Thank you for your support of The Emily C. Specchio Foundation! We hope to make this anniversary year our most successful year ever!

2010 was a fantastic and very productive year for the Emily C. Specchio Foundation thanks to your support! We truly have a lot to be thankful for.

With your help, the Emily C. Specchio Foundation has made major strides towards our mission of empowering youth to make a difference. Our accomplishments for this year include:

Thank you all for your continuing support!! We hope to have an even bigger and more successful 2011. Happy New Year!