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

The Framingham Clubhouse has more than 700 registered members and provides social, educational, physical and cultural programming for an average of 125 local children each day, according to Francis X. Hurley, president of the Boys & Girls Clubs of MetroWest.

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.

Framingham Co-operative Bank will be honored as one of the Boys & Girls Clubs’ 2010 Partners for Youth at the organization’s Bids for Kids Auction and Gala on Oct. 28 at the Sheraton Framingham Hotel.

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 more than $1.6 million to charitable causes, according to a statement.