MutualOne Foundation Grants $5,000 to A Place To Turn 'Eat Fresh' Program

MutualOne Charitable Foundation has awarded $5,000 to A Place To Turn in Natick.

A Place To Turn provides emergency food and clothing to individuals and families in the MetroWest area. The Foundation grant supporting “Eat Fresh” will allow the nonprofit to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables for food pantry clients. It is the fourth consecutive year that MutualOne has helped fund the program.

“Eighty percent of the families and individuals served by A Place To Turn are from Framingham and Natick,” said Mark R. Haranas, president and CEO of MutualOne Bank and a MutualOne Charitable Foundation trustee. “We are happy to help give our neighbors in those towns and those in our surrounding communities the advantage of a healthy diet.”

The grant to A Place To Turn was among awards totaling $85,350 in the Foundation’s most recent round of funding.

Since it was established in 1998, the MutualOne Charitable Foundation has donated over $2.9 million to charitable, educational, and civic initiatives that improve and enhance the quality of life in Framingham, Natick, and surrounding communities.

MutualOne Bank, which operates under an 1889 state charter, has full-service offices at 828 Concord Street and One Lincoln Street in Framingham and at 49 Main Street in Natick, a Commercial Loan Center at 160 Cochituate Road in Framingham, and a Residential Loan Center at 49 Main Street in Natick.