MCV Focuses Charity on Living Classrooms

With several community charity projects under its belt, MCV (Motorcycle Club Five) has announced a new effort to help a Living Classrooms program that supports disadvantaged young men.

The Reisterstown- and Owings Mills-based motorcycle club launched its charitable arms, MCVcares in June 2011, and has since raised money for Hannah More School, participated in Ride Across America, sent care packages to troops in Afghanistan and even revved their engines at a counter-protest of the Westboro Baptist Church.

The group’s latest initiative will raise money for the Living Classrooms’ Fresh Start program, which provides a 10-month job training program for men ages 16-19 who are out of school and out of work. Most of the students come from the juvenile justice system and/or from substance abuse programs, according to a news release.

"The tragedy and heartache of addiction in our youth is something that the MCV family is painfully aware of. This reality hit very close to home with the death of MCV President Art "Tee" Eanet's son who recently lost his life to the disease of addiction at the age of 24," Carl "Diesel" Galler, MCV’s co-founder and vice president, said in an email. “If there's a chance that we can help save the life of just one of our local youth, and help them forge a healthy and productive future; MCV feels that all of our fundraising work is well worth the effort.”

MCVcares will hold its Spring Fling fundraiser on Saturday, April 20, at Full Moon Pub & Grill in Reisterstown.

For more information on MCVcares, see www.mcvcares.org or email mcvcares@yahoo.com.