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With its recent award of $5,000, the Framingham Co-operative Bank Charitable Foundation becomes the premier corporate sponsor of the MetroWest Jewish Day School (MWJDS) Social Justice Initiative.

With the grant, MWJDS will launch a new upper grades program focused on community service and leadership. It will also expand the school’s annual Mitzvah Day, where participants perform “acts of kindness” for social service organizations throughout the community, according to Carolyn Keller, head of the school.

The MetroWest Jewish Day School grant was included in the total of $34,700 awarded in the community during the Charitable Foundation’s most recent round of funding. Since it was established in 1998, the Foundation has donated over $1.6 million to charitable causes as part of its commitment to improve and enhance quality of life for local residents.

MetroWest Jewish Day School students Rebecca Schwartz and her brother Benjamin Schwartz help display a ceremonial check representing the Framingham Co-operative Bank Charitable Foundation’s recent $5,000 donation in support of the School’s social justice program. With them are Rachel Stewart, administrative director of the Charitable Foundation, and Michael Goldstein, the School’s development director.

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Nearly 200 Framingham fifth-grade students participated in Framingham Co-operative Bank’s fourth annual essay contest held in a total of 12 classrooms at Henenway, McCarthy, Woodrow Wilson and Brophy elementary schools. One winning essay was selected from each participating classroom.

The essay contest was established in 2007 by Kimberly Sambuchi, electronic banking manager at Framingham Co-operative Bank. Sponsored in conjunction with Partners in Education, the contest is also incorporated into the classroom curriculum as practice for MCAS testing. The theme is “What Does Patriotism Mean to Me?”

Each of the winners received a $75 I Savings Bond, an award certificate, and a congratulatory letter. All participants received a certificate of appreciation and a thank you letter.

Framingham Co-operative Bank Charitable Foundation is helping to bring the World Cup to patients at Children’s Hospital Boston. The Foundation’s $500 gift will help defray the cost of providing Official FIFA World Cup Panini sticker card albums and sticker cards to Children’s Hospital patients. Child Life Specialists will coordinate activities involving the albums.

Filling these albums is a longstanding tradition in Latin American and European countries, where stickers are collected and traded much as baseball cards are collected in this country. The World Cup for Children Program is sponsored by Latin Roots, a non-profit organization which focuses on improving the educational opportunities of Latino children, and Hispanic News Press.

The 2010 World Cup, currently underway in South Africa, runs through July 12.

In its most recent round of funding, the Framingham Co-operative Bank Charitable Foundation awarded $34,700 to benefit the community. Since it was established in 1998, the Foundation has donated over $1.6 million to charitable causes as part of its commitment to improve and enhance quality of life for local residents.

The Framingham Co-operative Bank Charitable Foundation recently awarded $2,000 to the “Happy Birthday Baby” program of the First Baptist Church in Framingham. The volunteer project provides baby care essentials for low-income mothers and pregnant teens in greater MetroWest.

Baskets containing diapers, toiletries and other basic baby care items are assembled by volunteers, and distributed through various social service organizations, Church members, and others.

The “Happy Birthday Baby” donation was included in the total of $34,700 awarded by the Charitable Foundation in support of community initiatives in its most recent round of funding. Since it was established in 1998, the Foundation has donated over $1.6 million to charitable causes as part of its commitment to improve and enhance quality of life for local residents.

The Framingham Co-operative Bank Charitable Foundation has granted $1,200 to the Association of Small Foundations, an organization that guides small foundations in optimizing their contributions and making a difference with their grant-making activities.

The donation was included in the total of $34,700 awarded by the Framingham Co-operative Bank Charitable Foundation in support of community initiatives in its most recent round of funding. Since it was established in 1998, the Foundation has donated over $1.6 million to charitable causes as part of its commitment to improve and enhance quality of life for local residents.

Robert P. Lamprey, chairman of the Framingham Co-operative Bank Charitable Foundation, has announced a $6,000 award to Saint Bridget School in Framingham in support of a planned mobile wireless computer lab for grades 6, 7 and 8.

According to Roseanne Mungovan, principal, the proposed lab for middle school teachers and students will allow teachers to plan for technology-intensive units of study that will be critical to students’ academic and professional futures. The school currently operates a stand-alone, desktop computer lab shared among students in grades 2 through 8.

The Charitable Foundation’s gift will be used toward the purchase of wireless, portable Netbooks solely for use by the school’s 85 students in the higher grades.
The award to Saint Bridget School was included in the total of $34,700 awarded to support community initiatives in the Charitable Foundation’s most recent round of funding. Since it was established in 1998, the Foundation has donated over $1.6 million to charitable causes as part of its commitment to improve and enhance quality of life for local residents.

St. Bridget School students Robert Ryan and Tyler Sparling hold a ceremonial check representing a $6,000 donation from the Framingham Co-operative Bank Charitable Foundation in support of a mobile wireless computer lab. With the students are (from left) teacher Jennifer Trombino; Rachel Stewart, administrative director of the Charitable Foundation; and Roseanne Mungovan, principal.

7th consecutive year of major funding

For the seventh straight year, the Framingham Co-operative Bank Charitable Foundation has awarded the sum of $10,000 to support the out-of-school programs offered by the Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest at its Pearl Street Clubhouse in Framingham.

According to Francis X. Hurley, president of the Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest, the Framingham Clubhouse, has over 700 registered members and provides social, educational, physical and cultural programming for an average of 125 local youth each day. The target population for the Pearl Street Clubhouse is boys and girls ages 6-17 years, with a specific emphasis on ensuring access to affordable and quality out-of-school programming for children and youth from low- to moderate-income circumstances.

“We are pleased to continue to help ensure that the youngsters served at the Pearl Street Clubhouse have the opportunity to reach their full potential,” said Robert P. Lamprey, chairman of the Framingham Co-operative Bank Charitable Foundation in announcing the award.

The donation to the Boys & Girls Clubs was included in the total of $34,700 awarded by the Charitable Foundation in support of community initiatives in its most recent round of funding. Since it was established in 1998, the Foundation has donated over $1.6 million to charitable causes as part of its commitment to improve and enhance quality of life for local residents.