MutualOne Foundation Awards $1,000 for AMVETS 9-11 Memorial

Steven M. Sousa, executive vice president and COO of MutualOne Bank and a MutualOne Charitable Foundation trustee, announced today that the Foundation has awarded $1,000 to American Veterans (AMVETS) Post 79 in Natick for its new 9-11 Memorial.

The funds will provide for the addition of seven lights in memory of the seven T.J. Maxx employees who died on 9-11 and a bell to honor the 343 firefighters lost in the tragedy.

“We were proud to support the Post’s 9-11 Memorial plans,” said Sousa. “September 11th is a date that will always resonate in our minds and in our hearts, no matter how much time passes.”

The grant to AMVETS Post 79 was among awards totaling more than $57,750 in the Foundation’s most recent round of funding.

Since it was established in 1998, the MutualOne Charitable Foundation has donated over $3.1 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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Photo submitted to Patch

REMEMBERING 9-11. A recent $1,000 gift to AMVETS Post 79, Natick from the MutualOne Charitable Foundation helped add new tributes to the Post’s 9-11 Memorial. Shown with a ceremonial Foundation check are, from left: Paul Carew, Director of Veterans Services; Kenneth Gidney, Post Adjutant; William Verner, Executive Board, AMVETS Post 79; Rachel Stewart, Foundation Administrative Director; William Callahan, Retired Army Colonel; John Clancy, Provost Marshal; and Chaplain Carolyn Love Scalise, Founder-Director of Victory Promise: A Village of Hope for Veterans.