Kaitlyn Doorhy would be best described as a hard-working, kind, and vivacious young woman. Even at a young age, she achieved a lifetime of accomplishments. She believed in something simple yet profound; “We are all given two hands, one for helping ourselves, one for helping others.

Kait’s life was tragically cut short when she was struck by a vehicle while walking on the sidewalk near her school, Sacred Heart University, shortly after returning for her junior year in August of 2014.  She was just 20 years old.

This dynamic young woman’s achievements included National Honor Society membership in high school, Dean’s list honors in college, membership in Kappa Delta sorority, Girl Scout ambassador, Distributive Education Club of America member, 2009 National Youth Leadership Conference attendee, multi-sport athlete, New York State School Music Association soloist participating in Music in the Parks, blood drive committee member, a member of her high school’s Booster Club, organizer of the local PTSA fashion show and Chief in the Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC).

She was an avid participant in the church at Sacred Heart Parish (Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck, New York) where she had been an altar server and a volunteer at Maureen’s Haven homeless shelter.

All of this while working as the manager of two restaurants; A Lure Oysteria in Southold, NY, and Amano in Mattituck, NY, as well as a salesperson at Michael Kors.