Community Cares - MVCSC

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.

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

JRP Mural | Mysite 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...

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

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.

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.