Community Cares - MVCSC

01/13/2023

Happy New Year! Is your resolution to get more involved in the community this year? Look no further than the MVCSC. We have some amazing programs and some new ones coming soon. Do you like gardening or have you always wanted to try? Look out for our new seedlings program coming soon to help grow plants for Groundworks Lawrence. Hope to see new and returning faces in the New Year!

12/22/2022

We want to wish everyone a happy and healthy holiday season. We are grateful for all of our volunteers and supporters this year who have helped us complete some amazing accomplishments. Our wonderful AmeriCorps Seniors Volunteers have been able to continue all of their amazing work and spread joy throughout our community. See you in the New Year with some new programs 👀....

09/14/2022

We just wanted to give a big Thank You! to everyone who supported the Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo Memorial Mural Project. We could not have done it without all of you in our community helping us complete this project.

08/10/2022

We hope you all could join us for the dedication ceremony of Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo Memorial Mural next Friday, August 19, 2022, at 6pm. The event will take place at Lawrence Veterans Memorial Stadium in South Lawrence where the mural is being installed. To learn more about the project and to donate click the following link: www.mymvcsc.org/jrpmural

08/04/2022

We are pleased to announce General Joseph F. Dunford Jr. as a guest speaker at the dedication ceremony for the Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo Memorial Mural. Join us on Friday, August 19, 2022, at 6pm at Lawrence Veterans Memorial Stadium for the ceremony. General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. served as the 19th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the principal military advisor to the President, Secretary of Defense, and National Security Council from Oct. 1, 2015, through Sept. 30, 2019. Learn more about him on the U.S. Department of Defense Website: https://www.defense.gov/About/Biographies/Biography/Article/621329/general-joseph-f-dunford-jr/
Learn more about the Project: www.mymvcsc.org/jrpmural

07/29/2022

Last week we did a “Materials Test” with an old draft of the mural. Northeast Digital Imaging based in Salem, NH will be printing the digital mural and installing it at the Stadium. We joined them to see how the materials would adhere to the wall. Join us for the dedication ceremony on Friday August 19th at 6pm too see the completed final mural at Lawrence Veterans Memorial Stadium.

07/21/2022

The Merrimack Valley Community Service Corps is pleased to bring the Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo Memorial Mural to life. We rely on generous contributions from you, our community, to help us complete this project. Our goal is to raise $15,000 for this mural to support costs for the project, mainly materials and installation. If you would like to donate to this project, please see our donation page: https://www.mymvcsc.org/donate

Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo was a United States Marine Corps. member. On August 26th, 2021, Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo was helping evacuate women and children from the Kabul Airport in Afghanistan when a bomb detonated. Over 150 Afghans were killed along with 13 U.S. Service Members. She was ab...

07/15/2022

Meet the Artist!

Leslie Alfred McGrath is honored to be the artist who designed and illustrated the Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo Memorial Mural. Leslie has put in over 100 hours into the design process. The MVCSC is beyond grateful to have such a dedicated AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP Volunteer to take on this task. We are so proud to support Leslie and all of our AmeriCorps Seniors Volunteers. https://www.mymvcsc.org/jrpmural

07/06/2022

We are pleased to announce the Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo Memorial Mural, sponsored by the Merrimack Valley Community Service Corps. With the help of The Office of The Mayor Brian A DePeña, The Department of Health and Human Services, and Northeast Digital Imaging, a 7ft by 35ft mural will be installed at Lawrence Veterans Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, MA. Learn more about this project on our website: https://www.mymvcsc.org/jrpmural

04/01/2022

April is National Volunteer Month. We are so thankful for our AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP and FGP members, and our VIP members for continuing to volunteer year round. Volunteering is a great way to stay active and make new friends while giving back to the community. Whether you volunteer for a one day service project, or once a week the work our volunteers do is super important to the community. How will you celebrate National Volunteer Month?

Need ideas? Contact us to learn about how you can help your community.

03/18/2022

To end AmeriCorps Week, we saved the best for last. Meet Ernestine, celebrating her 22nd year as a AmeriCorps Senior Foster Grandparent, and over 30 years of experience volunteering in education! Fun fact about Ernestine is she is a retired Navy vet. She worked as a civilian for the Navy for 13 years before retiring, and then began volunteering. Ernestine loves volunteering with the kids, and even gets recognized by her past students years later. We thank Ernestine and all of our amazing AmeriCorps members for all that they have done and continue to do in the community.

03/17/2022

Next up we have our 2nd AmeriCorps VISTA Sebastian. Fun fact about Sebastian is he lived in Columbia for a couple years. We are excited to see what Sebastian does this year as a VISTA with the MVCSC.