Fundraiser Started to Create Scholarship in Memory of Long Beach Resident

A fundraising campaign was recently launched to raise money for a scholarship fund in honor of a 23-year-old Long Beach resident who passed away on Monday.

The money raised on the GoFundMe page created will go towards a memorial scholarship fund in memory of Sam Mignoli.

The scholarship money will be awarded to a young hockey goalie to attend the Mitch Corn Goalie Camp, where Mignoli was a "proud and passionate instructor," according to the page created by Marie Mignoli Lombardi.

Since the page was created on Tuesday, a total of $3,635 has been raised. The goal is to raise $5,000.

"Thank you all so very much for the love and support you have shown and expressed at this most difficult time," Lombardi wrote on the page.

For more info or to donate, visit the GoFundMe page here.