Kids & Family
Framingham-Based MutualOne Foundation Helps Kids Connect in Natick
The $2,500 grant to Kids Connect was among awards totaling $45,000 made by the Foundation in its most recent round of funding.
MutualOne Charitable Foundation awarded $2,500 to Kids Connect in Natick, announced Mark R. Haranas, president and CEO of MutualOne Bank.
Opened in 2000, Kids Connect now tutors over 60 at-risk Natick youth from all grades in subjects including math, chemistry, physics, Spanish, French, language arts, organization skills and SAT preparation. The program provides services for those unable to afford other resources, as well as for students who benefit from creative, individualized, one-to-one tutoring, according to Executive Director Debra Sayre.
“This grant will allow us to continue providing tutoring regardless of the student’s ability to pay and also allow us to actively seek out those youngsters who are quietly failing because they do not know that we are available to help them,” said Sayre.
The $2,500 grant to Kids Connect was among awards totaling $45,000 made by the Foundation in its most recent round of funding.
The MutualOne Charitable Foundation is a continuation of the Framingham Co-operative Bank Charitable Foundation following the 2012 merger of Framingham Co-operative Bank and Natick Federal Savings Bank.
Since it was originally established in 1998, the Foundation has donated over $2.3 million to charitable, educational, and civic initiatives that improve and enhance the quality of life in Framingham, Natick, and surrounding communities.
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