Mark R. Haranas, president and CEO of MutualOne Bank and a MutualOne Charitable Foundation trustee, announced today that the Foundation has awarded $9,500 to SPARK Kindness as premier sponsor of the 2018-2019 “Resilient Parent, Resilient Child” speaker series. This will be the Foundation’s fourth consecutive year as a sponsor of the program.

The free series empowers and assists community members through programming that supports their social and emotional needs and fosters resilience and connections. Although located in Natick, the annual speaker series has served more than 10,000 participants from many MetroWest communities over the past 4 years.

“There’s no question that the ‘Resilient Parent, Resilient Child’ speaker series lives up to the SPARK Kindness mission,” said Haranas, “and we are proud to be a part of that goal.”