Page 6 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – Friday, March 27, 2020 Goodwill Graffiti Saugus High School students use colored chalk to write on sidewalks to inspire walkers during coronavirus crisis By Mark E. Vogler B efore the snows came on Monday, people on their daily walks through town may have noticed some uplifting graffiti written on the sidewalks on Taylor Street near the side entrance to the Saugus Public Library. SABATINO INSURANCE AGENCY Call for a Quote 617-387-7466 Or email Rocco@sabatino-ins.com We cover: * Auto * Home * Boat * Renter * Condo * Life * Multi-Policy Discounts * Commercial 10% Discounts * Registry Service Also Available “Be Strong. We can do this!” one of the writings done in colored chalk encouraged anyone reading it. “Stay Positive,” shouted another. There was more encouraging graffiti written on the sidewalk near the rear parking lot to the Roby School Administration Building and the sidewalk across Taylor Street. “There’s a lot of negativity in the world and a lot of people are going out for walks,” said Victoria Quagenti, 15, a sophomore at Saugus High School. “That’s why we wrote it. We wanted to spread a lot of positivity to people out there walking and figured the library was a good starting point,” she said. Quagenti and her friend, http://www.sabatino-ins.com SABATINO 564 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 617-387-7466 Hours of Operation are: Mondays - Fridays 9am to 5pm Saturdays by appointment only Alyssa Swible-Martinez, are the ones who have been responsible for the positive graffiti throughout town. She said the two would keep leaving their inspiring messages if the rain and snow wash away the chalk. “We did the library and we did the Roby Building and we did some in front of the Waybright Park,” Quagenti said. The two girls got the idea for the graffiti from a website that encourages artists who are so inclined to write encouraging words with chalk in front of people’s homes to help them cope with the stress related to the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. “We decided to do it in front of places that weren’t people’s houses. We wanted to write something that would make people feel good and to encourage them,” she said. Quagenti’s parents don’t mind her artistic venture because the chalk really isn’t the traditional vandalizing graffiti, since it can be washed off easily. Everett's Newest Real Estate Office Commercial Sales and Leasing Residential Home Sales Real Estate Consulting Apartment Rentals Real Estate Auctions Business Brokerage Personal Property Appraisals Mass Licensed Auctioneer 560 Broadway, Everett, MA 02149 | 617-512-5712 | sam@broadwayRE.com ADRIANA RESNICK DOMENICA RIGGIO SAM RESNICK A GRAFFITI ARTIST ON A MISSION: Saugus High School student Victoria Quagenti and some of the uplifting graffiti she and her friend Alyssa Swible-Martinez wrote in colored chalk near the Saugus Public Library to take walkers’ minds off COVID-19. (Saugus Advocate Photos by Mark E. Vogler)
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