RIVERSIDE NATIONAL CEMETARY SUPPORT COMMITTEE

RNCSC raises funds to support the projects that the Government does not fund at Riverside National Cemetery. Some of the items we have purchased for the cemetery are floral cones, 6 passenger golf carts, maintenance equipment and flag poles and flags for the Avenue of Flags. We also support the cemetery with community and Veterans outreach. All monuments at Riverside National Cemetery have been paid for with private funds.
Current project:
Funding for the American Indian Veterans Memorial have been collected with the assistance of the American Indian Alaska Native Veterans Memorial Committee (AIANVMC). That group has reached out to tribal nations throughout the country and to individuals, groups and businesses as well. Working together the RNCSC and the AIANVMC have collected $1,150,000 to date. All donations are handled by the RNCSC Treasurer and reserved solely for construction-related costs. Through the combined efforts of the Committees $986,235 Costs for the Project, listed below, have already been paid:
 $200,000 Landscape Plans & Engineering for Original Site
 $75,000 Landscape Plans & Engineering for Current Site
 $50,000 VA/NCA Required Long Term Maintenance Fund
 $495,000 Purchase the AIV Memorial’s centerpiece statue THE GIFT from Artist A. Thomas Schomberg
 $8,000 Delivery Costs from Berkeley’s Artworks Foundry to Riverside National Cemetery
 $32,000 Purchase the AIV Memorial’s Entrance Statues, two TRIBUTE EAGLEs from Artist Michael Curtis
 $114,000 Purchase and Delivery of Granite Stone Objects (24 seating blocks, 2 pedestals for eagle statues)
 $12,235 Costs to clean THE GIFT and transport it from RNC storage to public view at the Riverside National Cemetery's amphitheater site.

In order to begin construction at the VA-approved site for the American Indian Veterans Memorial, we continue to seek donations for the plaza’s construction and landscaping in the amount of $421,791.