The Upper Merrimack Valley Medical Reserve Corps received notification on December 26 – over three weeks early! – that the unit’s application for the $10,000 NACCHO 2025 Operational Readiness Award was approved. NACCHO is the National Association of County & City Health Officials, which has a long-standing relationship with the MRC Program Office. We remain…

Happy New Year’s Eve, UMV MRC Members and Friends! We are thrilled to share six great news items. Very best wishes and thanks for serving vulnerable residents across the Upper Merrimack Valley throughout 2024! May you have a delightful year ahead. Warmest regards, Nance 978-399-2549

Greetings MRC Network, As we approach the end of 2024, I want to take a moment to reflect on and celebrate the extraordinary contributions of the nearly 300,000 Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) volunteers across the nation. These dedicated individuals, organized locally in communities large and small, work tirelessly to improve the health, safety, and resilience…

Our members and affiliates can rightfully be proud of the exceptional service that our MRC unit has been providing throughout this year. Of 45 separate activities reported in our MRC Profile Update reports during 2024: UMV MRC members filled 341 shifts. Several members served at more than one event, so these are counted as ‘341…

Read the 2024 Newsletter here!

The UMV MRC collaborated in mid-December with several municipal entities, local businesses and nonprofit organizations on a project to protect the most vulnerable residents in our host community: the Town of Westford. After our ‘kit-packing party’ on January 10, we’ll be helping to distribute Safe Footing Kits that will include: The Resource Card is available…

Good Monday afternoon, UMV MRC Members and Friends! Just now I finished compiling our unit’s latest response data. In a mere five-week period (9/8 to 10/26), our MRC Profile Report on the national web site includes: Such astonishing work that you’ve provided across our region, in five short weeks!!! In case you’d like the details…

The following are links to MRC publications that came out this month. Again, feel free to share them with others who may be interested. The first link provides the peer-reviewed journal article affiliated with Johns Hopkins: Recognizing the Impact of Medical Reserve Corps Volunteers on the COVID-19 Pandemic Response. In my role as the lead…

Read the 2023 Newsletter here!

The case study of a robust partnership between the Upper Merrimack Valley Medical Reserve Corps and LASA of New England has been released. Click here to read the case study (13 pages). Click here to read the case study’s supplemental appendices with forms, flow charts and slides (21 pages).