Seven years have passed since Michael LoVerme, a 23-year old self-admitted geek from Merrimack, passed in a motorcycle accident.

His stellar geekness continues to be celebrated through the Michael LoVerme Memorial Foundation, a nonprofit charitable organization founded in 2012, shortly after his death. The MLMF is renowned for offering free events that reflect the young man’s love of computers, technology, athletics and community service.

Eileen LoVerme, Michael’s mother, recently said at a MLMF workshop on photo editing, presented at the Merrimack Public Library on Feb. 27, that her son was generous with his time and his talent.

“Michael really liked to help people,” said Eileen. “He had a lot of friends who shared with him a love of service to the community.”

Currently, the group is poised to host its seventh annual Computer Clinic, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Saturday, March 30, at the Merrimack Public Library. Registration is required through the library.

The workshop will offer library patrons computer tune-ups, troubleshooting and solutions to other technology conundrums solved by a crew of MLMF experts.

Cliff LoVerme, Michael’s father, added later that his son was a natural computer whiz from around 8-years old. He said Michael enjoyed helping others in many ways, including as a tutor at The Math Center, of Merrimack College, while Michael was a part of the computer science department there.

“He could take complex math problems and help them be easily understood,” Cliff said. “He loved it.”

Michael was a three-season athlete at Merrimack High and excelled in academics and art, especially photography. The family had relocated from Maine to New Hampshire in 1996.

The MHS grad of 2006 took a high perch at Merrimack College in Massachusetts and snagged a summa cum laude in 2010, upon earning a bachelor’s in computer science. Employment in tech fields was a sure bet as prestigious companies in Nashua, Manchester and Chelmsford, Massachusetts, tapped his savvy. Kudos were earned on many other fronts.

Event volunteers and founding members of the MLMF launched the organization with a debut event, a Michael LoVerme 5K at Merrimack High School. Now, the seventh annual event at MHS in October has drawn a field of nearly 100 participants. Many knew Michael. Some knew him as a husband to Kimberlee or a father to Kaylee. Coworkers rejoiced in his success at age 17 as the youngest Cisco Certified Network Associate in the State of New Hampshire.

The MLMF these days is a solid enterprise backed by a volunteer board of directors that includes locals Jeff Christensen, president; Justin Ruddock, vice president; Cliff LoVerme, treasurer; and David LoVerme, secretary; along with Scott Hafferkamp and Brandyn Naro, both directors.

Members have hosted workshops on a wide range of tech-based topics. What to learn how to design a PowerPoint presentation or chat worldwide via Skype? Is a smartphone laughing at you? Nowadays, that phone might be capable, but perhaps it refrains to make sport of those who could so easily master its foibles by attending an MLMF workshop.

“Our mission is to continue Michael’s legacy through education and community service,” Cliff added. “We are looking to ‘teach a man to fish,’ not just to ‘give a man a fish.'”

Information on membership in the MLMF can be had online: mlmf.org.

Loretta Jackson may be contacted via email:

ljackson@nashuatelegraph.com