MutualOne Foundation Supports Literacy Program at Barbieri Elementary

With its recent $5,000 grant from the MutualOne Charitable Foundation, Operation Outreach-USA will help up to 400 students in grades 1-3 at Barbieri Elementary School in Framingham develop literacy skills while learning compassion and respect for people, animals and the environment.

The school-based program aimed at underserved populations will provide books for the children to use in the classroom and to take home to build a personal library. It will also provide teacher instructional materials and parent guides in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

The MutualOne Charitable Foundation will be acknowledged on a book plate that each student personalizes and places in their books. The book plate contains a promise: “I pledge to be kind to people, animals, and the environment.”

Based in Holliston, Operating Outreach-USA has provided literacy programs used in schools in all 50 states and has reached more than 1.2 million children and distributed more than 2.4 million books at no cost to schools or families.

The grant to Operation Outreach-USA was among awards totaling $101,065 in the Foundation’s most recent round of funding.
Since it was established in 1998, the MutualOne Charitable Foundation has donated over $2.8 million to charitable, educational, and civic initiatives that improve and enhance the quality of life in Framingham, Natick, and surrounding communities.