MutualOne grant supports Big Brothers Big Sisters program
Mark R. Haranas, president and CEO of MutualOne Bank and chairman of the MutualOne Charitable Foundation, this week announced that Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass & MetroWest has been awarded a $5,000 foundation grant to support its Girls in STEAM E-Mentoring (G.E.M.) program in Framingham and Natick. According to Big Brothers Big Sisters Executive Director Jeffrey Chin, the program matches at-risk youth with STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) women professionals from area corporations, higher education and the community. The grant was among awards totaling $131,500 in the foundation’s most recent round of funding. Established in 1998 as the philanthropic arm of MutualOne Bank, the Framingham-based foundation has since donated more than $5 million to charitable, educational and civic initiatives designed to improve and enrich the quality of life in Framingham, Natick and surrounding communit